Symptoms of encephalitis and meningitis

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Meningitis refers to diffuse inflammatory changes in the pia mater. It is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, spirochetes, protozoa, Rickettsia, tumor, leukemia and other biological pathogenic factors invading pia mater and spinal cord. Symptoms of encephalitis and meningitis? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of encephalitis and meningitis

Early performance for children with mental state changes, such as irritable crying; Mental dullness; I don't like games; Can also have low fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, restless sleep, weight loss performance. Older children may complain of headaches. If the condition is serious, headache is persistent and aggravating, vomiting is aggravating and can be changed into jet, gradually sleepiness and convulsions can occur, and if the condition is further aggravated, coma, frequent convulsions, limb muscle relaxation and paralysis will occur. There may also be irregular breathing, some children died.

It is a common meningitis caused by various suppurative bacteria in children and the elderly. The main symptoms were fever, headache, vomiting and irritability. Neurological examination and cerebrospinal fluid examination were abnormal. Because children's resistance is weak, blood-brain barrier development is not perfect, bacteria are easy to enter the brain nervous system. It is usually caused by septicemia caused by infection of other parts of the body and bacteria entering the brain. Some of them are caused by infection after otitis media and head trauma, and bacteria directly enter the meninges.

Childhood onset is acute, high fever can reach more than 39 ℃, children often complain of severe headache, poor spirit, fatigue, loss of appetite, frequent vomiting. At the onset of the disease, the child is conscious, and the progress of the disease may lead to drowsiness, blurred consciousness, disordered speech, inability to correctly identify the direction, convulsion and coma. In severe cases, convulsions and coma occurred within 24 hours after onset. If not treated in time, the disease progress, neck stiffness, head backward, back stiffness, the whole body to the back bending like "bow", medicine is known as angular arch. There may also be irregular breathing, or even respiratory failure, some children with skin bleeding.

matters needing attention

1. Early detection and local isolation treatment. 2. Do a good job of health publicity during the epidemic period, try to avoid large gatherings and collective activities, do not bring children to public places, and wear masks when going out. 3. In the epidemic of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, all patients with fever and headache; Mental depression; Acute pharyngitis; Skin, oral mucosa bleeding, four of two, can be symptomatic preventive treatment of drugs, can effectively reduce the incidence rate, prevent epidemic.