Is bacterial meningitis contagious?

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Meningitis can occur when a person's meninges or meninges are infected. The disease usually occurs after a bacterial or viral infection. The disease can be accompanied by the infection of bacteria in the ear, sinuses and respiratory tract. Therefore, meningitis can sometimes be regarded as a complication of various bacterial infections. The disease is very serious and must be treated actively. If the treatment is not timely, it can lead to death in a few hours.

Is bacterial meningitis contagious?

1. There are two direct routes of transmission of this disease, one is lymphatic spread, the other is blood line spread. These two ways of transmission refer to the spread of bacteria in the body. The external transmission of bacteria is mainly through respiratory tract infection into the body. In addition, some of the body trauma can also be infected by bacteria and lead to meningitis.

2. There are many pathogens that can cause meningitis, such as Haemophilus influenzae type B, diplococcus meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. In meningitis, most of the disease is bacterial meningitis, some meningitis patients also began purulent meningitis.

3. The onset age of the disease mainly concentrated in young people and children. Because these two groups of people's body resistance is not as good as adults, when infected by bacteria, the body's immune system is difficult to completely remove the bacteria, and it is not easy to form a lifelong immune capacity, so the bacteria are most likely to cause the disease after respiratory tract infection.

matters needing attention

In meningitis, 68% of the patients are infected by bacteria. It has to be said that this is a very large number. So actively avoid all kinds of infection is the key to prevent meningitis. In addition, taking part in exercise is the most effective way to prevent meningitis.