Meningitis is a disease that infects the brian and spinal cord. It causes swelling and irritation of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. This causes changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms include fever and chills, mental changes, vomiting, sensative to light, stiff neck and headache. The nervous system is affected the most because it's a brain and spinal cord disease.
You can also get a rash as a symptom
Meningitis is a main cause of fever in newborn children.
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Bacterial or severe viral meningitis may require treatment in a hospital, including:
* Antibiotics. These medicines usually are given through a vein (intravenously, or IV) to treat meningitis. Antibiotics are given only when bacteria are causing the infection. Giving antibiotics when they are not needed may cause drug resistance.
* Measures to reduce pressure within the brain. If meningitis is causing pressure within the brain, corticosteroid medicines such as dexamethasone may be given to adults or children.
* Measures to reduce fever. Medicines such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), fluids, and good room ventilation reduce fever. If you have a high fever, you also may need a device such as a cooling pad placed on the bed.
* Measures to prevent seizures. If you have seizures, your surroundings will be kept quiet and calm. Medicines such as phenobarbital or dilantin can help stop seizures. For more information, see the topic Seizures.
* Oxygen therapy. Oxygen may be given if you have trouble breathing and to increase the amount of oxygen in all parts of the body. Oxygen may be delivered by a hood or tent placed over the body, a face mask placed over the nose and mouth, a nose piece (nasal cannula) held loosely under the nose, or, in severe cases, a tube through the mouth into the trachea (windpipe).
* Monitoring fluids. You may need to drink extra liquids because infections increase the body's need for fluids. Increasing liquids also reduces the possibility of dehydration. Liquids are given into a vein (IV) if you have an infection and are vomiting or are not able to drink enough. Doctors control the amount of fluids given because people with meningitis may develop problems if they have too much or not enough fluid.
* Monitoring blood chemicals. Frequent blood tests are done to measure essential body chemicals, such as sodium and sugar in the blood.
http://children.webmd.com/vaccines/tc/meningitis-treatment-overview
that sounds very painful and bad and probably affects how you live in more then one way
Meningitis infects the brain and spinal cord. It causes changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Antibiotics. These medicines usually are given through a vein (intravenously, or IV) to treat meningitis. Antibiotics are given only when bacteria are causing the infection.
Meningitis is a disease that infects the brian and spinal cord. It causes swelling and irritation of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
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