Citations!

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Graph.

Demography of Meningitis

Red-Meningitis Belt

Dark Orange - Epidemic Zones

Gray - Sporadic Cases Only

Disability adjusted life for meningitis in 2002  

Symptoms & Treatment!

Symptoms Of Meningitis Are. . .

• high fever
• serve headache
• stiff neck
• vomiting 
• confusing 
• seizures
• skin rash
• sensitive to lights

Treatment for Meningitis Is . . .

• Antibiotics
• Lumber Puncture
• Tylenol (reduce fever)

History Of Meningitis!

The first recorded major outbreak happened in Geneva, Switzerland in 1805, a year later in 1806 two doctors Elias Mann and Lothario made the first report of Meningitis in the United States. In 1840 the first report of a Meningitis epidemic occurred in Africa. Also in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia had the largest Meningitis outbreak in 1996 when over two hundred and fifty million cases were reported causing the death of about twenty five thousand people. 

what causes meningitis

Meningitis covers the surface of the brain and spinal cord, There are many types of different meningitis, Meningitis is caused by contact with others who are infected it is also by virus and bacteria that infects the tissue in someone’s body. Bacterial Meningitis is contagious just like viral. Meningitis, and is caused by the bacteria someone’s throat and nose if it gets into someone’s bloodstream. Fungal and non infectious Meningitis are not contagious fungal is caused by inhaling a fungal spore and non-infectious is caused by cancer, certain drugs and head injuries. Animals are can also be infected with meningitis as well as humans, and can infect their owner. 

10 Important Facts About Meningitis!

• bacterial and viral meningitis is contagious
• symptoms are similar to flu symptoms
• infects about one-thousand to two-thousand six hundred people each year in the U.S
•  adults over sixty, infants, children under the age of five and people living in quarters are more prevalent 
• Animals are can also be infected with meningitis as well as humans, and can infect their owner 
•  If it is suspected someone has Meningitis they will give that person a lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
• There are seven strains of bacterial Meningitis and three viral strains of Meningitis
• five to ten percent patients die of Meningitis 
• disease can be life threaten 
• vaccines are available