Monday, March 31, 2008

What are the performance of children with meningitis

Meningococcal meningitis called "ECM" This is a common spring acute respiratory infectious diseases, is caused by the meningococcus. Both adults and children can be in this disease, but 15 children under the age of the most common.
ECM had after what performance? Light fever, headache, general discomfort, pharynx red, pharyngodynia, after 1-2 hours or days, the skin and oral mucosa, conjunctival hemorrhage points of the performance of sepsis ; bleeding such as small needle, pink, large-flake bleeding grouper, this is because bacteria capillary embolism, after the rupture capillary blood flow caused by the spillover of the skin. ECM will have serious stiff neck, projectile-vomiting, convulsion and even coma. Outbreak of meningitis disease developed very quickly, often within 24 hours of shock, for the performance was pale, lips bruised and Flooding skin, blood pressure dropped, endangering lives. Young babies frequently manifests itself disturbed sleep, sudden scream, two gaze fixed, and even seizures. At that time should be taken to the hospital early rescue. Generally speaking, meningitis diagnosis is not difficult.

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