Meningitis is caused by an infection, which affects the mucous membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This infection may be a virus or bacteria and there is a type of meningitis, so-called meningitis sterile, where it is not known what is causing it and in rare cases may cause meningitis due to parasites. The most common type of meningitis is the type caused by a viral infection where these viruses enter through the nose or mouth and then pass the brain through the blood. Bacterial meningitis is less common than meningitis due to viral infection.
All of us are susceptible to infections and infection in general and the severity of the symptoms of infection depends on the resistance of the body and the ability of the immune system to respond to infection, and depends on the type of infection and its strength and depends on the circumstances surrounding us that led to infection.
Symptoms of meningitis are often beginning with the symptoms of leprosy, but they can cause the closure of the blood vessels in the brain and therefore lead to a stroke and therefore may lead to death in most cases, so the patient must be rushed to the hospital when the doubt Meningitis should not develop, and people surrounding the injured person and their family members should take preventive treatment so as not to become infected.
The symptoms to be alerted are sudden fever, severe headaches and neck stiffness. If these symptoms appear, the patient should be rushed to the hospital as mentioned above. Any delay in treatment of the disease exposes the patient to danger. The possibility of recovery is high if detected. Early in most cases.
Symptoms of meningitis in detail are:
Acute severe headache.
2. Phobia of light, light phobia or light sensitivity where the patient can not absorb light or carry it, as the eye in the normal situation is narrowed in the presence of light so as not to damage the retina of the amount of light and expand in the case of darkness or dim light so that you can see In the case of meningitis, the pupil remains enlarged even in the presence of light as a symptom of inflammation. (And this offer is accompanied by other diseases).
3. Fever and high temperature.
4. The neck is so stiff that it is hard to move.
5. The person may become nauseous and vomiting.
6. Patients may experience epileptic seizures.
7. The patient may be unconscious.
8. For infants and children, the mother notices that the child is restless and in a state of agitation, and also observes eating disorders.
These symptoms may appear together or some may appear as appropriate.