Is tuberculous meningitis serious?

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Tuberculous meningitis is a non suppurative inflammatory disease, which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and meningeal and meningeal lesions. The incidence rate of tuberculous meningitis has increased in recent years. This may have a certain relationship with environmental pollution. We must actively treat tuberculous meningitis after it appears. If the treatment is not timely, it is likely to cause some serious sequelae, and even threaten our lives. Let's share with you whether tuberculous meningitis can be cured.

Is tuberculous meningitis serious?

After we have tuberculous meningitis, we will have symptoms of general weakness, low fever, vomiting, headache, then we will have symptoms of increased intracranial pressure and meningeal irritation, and then we will have damage to the brain parenchyma. For example, there will be epilepsy, generalized seizures, drowsiness, low spirits, fuzzy consciousness and so on.

In the treatment of this disease, the most important thing is to carry out early administration, combined medication and systematic treatment, cut off the contact with tuberculosis patients, and then pay attention to the supply of nutrition. If the child has this disease, then care carefully, often change the child's position to prevent skin pressure sores.

Tuberculous meningitis in the treatment of early treatment and thorough treatment, we can through isoniazid, mycomycin, pyrazinamide and rifampicin anti tuberculosis drugs combined treatment, in this treatment at the same time, but also for hormone therapy, hormone dosage should be appropriate.

matters needing attention

Prevention of this disease is the main and most fundamental method is to prevent tuberculosis infection, we also need to strengthen exercise to enhance our physique, early comprehensive treatment to prevent or reduce the emergence of sequelae.