- 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
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
10 Important Facts About Meningitis!
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this information your giving could be very helpful to learn about this disease.
ReplyDeleteMaurshea, your blog looks amazing! I love the background and images it makes the serious and depressing subject of Meningitis a bit more bearable. :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I had found your blog before! I've suffered through meningitis as a kid, and at the chance of doing a Biology project on it, I jumped at the chance. I've been struggling to get good information for the past two days, but your blog has a lot of the information I need! Curious question: Have you suffered from meningitis?
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