Early symptoms of meningitis in children

summary

In the early stage of childhood meningitis, the symptoms are similar to those of a cold. The disease can be in the just born children, when the general body does not have a fever, there are also physical fever. Early children vomit and twitch. It should be noted that if it is acute bacterial meningitis, if the treatment is not timely, the child may die within a few hours. So when children appear early manifestations of the disease, parents should immediately send their children to the hospital for treatment.

Early symptoms of meningitis in children

Generally speaking, the main symptoms of meningitis in children at the beginning are: drowsiness, body fever, refusal to eat, vomiting, crying, unstable sleep, headache, fear of strong light, muscle stiffness, convulsion, coma, etc. Still have child inchoate meningitis can have sucking weak, spit wait for a performance.

There are some children with meningitis early will appear straight eyes, limb twitch suddenly, fontanelle bulge and other manifestations. When these problems appear, they should be sent to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately. If the child's neck is stiff, do not push the child's neck hard

If there is meningitis in the early stage, it is usually diagnosed by lumbar puncture after being sent to the hospital. Especially because of meningitis caused by bacterial infection, the accuracy of this examination is relatively high. The sooner or later of the disease treatment directly affects the prognosis, so the earlier the treatment, the better

matters needing attention

The early manifestations of meningitis in children are generally introduced here. This disease does great harm to children's health, and the early symptoms are very complex. If the child has coma after the illness, it indicates that the condition is very serious. If it is not treated in time, it may endanger his life