Sunday, October 7, 2012

Meningitis


What is meningitis?  Meningitis is when the meninges around the brain swell putting pressure on the brain. This can kill you quickly, without you even knowing it.
Today we are having a widespread breakout of fungal meningitis. This comes from a bad pain killer that is given threw a shot to the spine.  It has caused 5 deaths and across 7states according to Abc news. It is worry some because it’s hard to catch meningitis until it’s too late. It was tracked back to the New England Compounding center .CDC has issued a statement that it has opened its emergency operations clinic.  Symptoms can look like a stroke.
Ways to stop spreading normal meningitis is not to share drinks or food utensils. Also reframe from kissing people. The thing about meningitis is that it is a quick Bactria infection.   It is a high risk disease not for the young or elderly but for teens and young adults.  This is why it’s so big when meningitis is found in big outbreaks. 

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