Posted by mbotee | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 06-07-2010
Life-threatening inflammation of the brain is a person, especially infants and children. But not only babies or children, even adults can not be separated from the threat of this deadly disease. Who is susceptible to inflammation of the brain, and what are the symptoms?
Or inflammation of the brain in medical science as meningitis, an inflammation of the mucous membrane called the brains of views, which surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
Meningitis can be caused by various microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites in the blood spread to the brain fluid.
Meningitis may also by disease, inflammation of the tissues of the body without causing infection, such as cancer are caused lead. Also, for injury or certain medications.
Meningitis is caused by bacteria more dangerous than viruses. This is the pneumococcal bacteria that can cause death especially in children. Pneumococcal bacteria can in fact still alive and in tenggorakan 10 percent of healthy people
Both babies, infants and adult individuals.
As the Mayo Clinic, population groups that are cited by meningitis affected:
1st Age
Most of meningitis caused by viruses and bacteria occur in children under the age of five years. But since the mid-1980s, after the introduction of vaccines for children, moved meningitis patients from the age of 15 months to 25 years.
According to the data, about 50 percent of children affected by meningitis were reported as dead. If the flight of death, the infant signs of residual disease such as paralysis, deafness, epilepsy, mental retardation and slow.
2nd People gather or live in a densely populated residential area
People living in a densely populated housing, students living in dormitories, personnel responsible for military bases or children which is in child care (day care) to increase the risk of meningitis. This is because the disease spread quickly gathered as a group of people.
3rd Pregnant women
In women who are pregnant, there are more contraction of listeriosis, an infection by the bacteria Listeria, which can also cause meningitis caused. In pregnant women, listeriosis, an unborn child would be endangered.
4th Working in an environment associated with animals
The work is always on animals such as breeders respect, a high risk of listeria, which can lead to meningitis.
5th People with weakened immune systems, including:
- Fewer children born months (top) and low birth weight
- Babies who breast-fed only for a minute or less
- Who are frequently exposed to smoke,
- Those who often experience respiratory viral infections
- Patients with chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes, HIV patients
- Immunosuppresan drug users are also more susceptible to meningitis.
About 25 percent of people affected by meningitis, symptoms develop about 24 hours. The rest will be sick for 1-7 days. Sometimes, when someone with antibiotics for other infections, symptoms may develop over time.
As cited emedicinehealth is that symptoms of meningitis occurs in adults as follows:
Common Symptoms
1st Headache
2nd Stiff neck
3rd Fever and chills
4th Emetic
5th The fear of bright light (photophobia)
6th Confusion
7th Seizures (in this case is about one third of patients with meningitis)
8th Infections of the upper respiratory tract (eg, colds, sore throat)
Other symptoms
1st Local weakness or loss of strength or sensation, especially in the face
2nd Swelling and pain in one or more joints
3rd A skin rash that often looks like a bruise
