First Aid For Meningitis

Facts About Meningitis

• Meningitis, is a serious disease that can affect anyone – regardless of age
• The disease is caused by inflammation with viruses or bacteria in the barriers that cover the brain
• Symptoms of meningitis are high fever, drowsiness, stiff neck – the patient can not get the hair down on the chest – headache, relations to strong light, possibly rash or cramps
• Early symptoms may remind you of flu
• In case of suspicion of meningitis: call the hospital.

Background

• Meningitis, meningitis, is a serious disease that can affect anyone – regardless of age
• The disease is caused by inflammation with bacteria or viruses in the barriers that cover the brain
• Without immediate treatment, the disease can lead to serious damage such as deafness and brain injury and in the worst case, be fatal

Typical symptoms

• High fever
• lethargy
• Stiff neck – the sick can not get the hair down on the chest
• Headache
• Reduced appetite, nausea, vomiting
• Reaction to strong light
• Seizures
• By meningococcal meningitis: possibly a rash, called petekkier

Evaluation of rash

• Pocks is characteristic that they do not disappear when you squeeze a glass over the rash
• Small red or pink spots of a few millimeters, spreading over minutes to few hours
• The rash may occur late in the course of the disease
• The rash is difficult to see when the skin is dark

In addition, infants may be

• The child does not eat and drink
• Scream and cry
• Swelling over the soft parts of the skull

Meningitis First Aid

• Call Medical Help
  • If you suspect it is meningitis
  • Do not wait until all of the above symptoms are present
  • It is important that the sick person is offered immediate treatment
• Worsening of the condition
  • If the condition of the illness deteriorates after a physician has acceded the sick, contact the physician immediately, or call the hospital.