00:00What is Meningitis?
00:01Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
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00:06prepared by editors of the channel All Scientific.
00:12What is Meningitis?
00:14Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.
00:19Some type of meningitis specially infectious on
00:22require special attention to prevent the infection from reaching the brain.
00:27What are the most common types of meningitis?
00:30Many diseases can be accompanied by inflammation of the membranes,
00:35but infectious meningitis is most common than other types of meningitis.
00:40What types of infectious meningitis are there?
00:43There are two types of infectious meningitis depending on the appearance of the cerebral spinal fluid
00:48analyzed after a spinal sample is taken.
00:51Problem meningitis in which the cerebral spinal fluid is cloudy,
00:55there are those meningitis in which the cerebral spinal fluid is clear.
01:00As a rule, there are those types of meningitis are viral in origin.
01:05What is the cerebral spinal fluid?
01:08Cerebral fluid is a clear fluid substance that surrounds the central nervous system
01:14and fills the cavity of the brain.
01:16What does the meningitis consist of?
01:21The meningitis are composed of three layers of the central nervous system.
01:26The dura mater is a thick membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
01:31The pia mater is a membrane that comes into contact with the nervous tissue.
01:36The arachinoid mater is located between the dura and pia mater.
01:41Common things of meningitis.
01:44The disease progresses very rapidly with the following symptoms.
01:48Meningeal syndrome, fever, headache, which worsens with exposure to light and noise.
01:54Spinal pain.
01:55Back muscle becomes stiff, forcing the patient to slip on side and bent knee to relieve muscle tension.
02:04Difficulty in placing the chin on the chest accompanied by severe pain.
02:10If left untreated, meningitis can worsen, leading to complications such as seizures, attention deficits, coma.
02:18Depending on the type of meningitis, the patient may also experience the other symptoms.
02:24During infection, meningitis, bacteria can spread through the bloodstream through the body, causing sepsis and also in their internal organs.
02:32Symptoms of meningococcal meningitis.
02:36Meningococcal meningitis is characterized by a hemorrhagic rash with small red dots that help purpura appearing on the skin.
02:47Signs of tuberculosis meningitis.
02:50Tuberculosis meningitis is a form of the disease with clairs cerebrospinal fluid, caused by Koch's bacillus, can lead to serious
02:59complications affecting the oculomotor nerves.
03:03Because of this, the patient may experience visual impairment and even coma.
03:08Symptoms of Meningoencephalitis.
03:10If meningitis is caused by herpes virus, the disease can progress to Meningoencephalitis, the symptoms of which include paralysis, seizures,
03:20coma.
03:22Cause of problem meningitis.
03:24The cause of such disease are Pneumococcus meningococcus hemophilus influenza.
03:31Hemophilus influenza meningitis is especially dangerous for children under 3 years of age.
03:37Cause of Pneumococcal meningitis.
03:39Pneumococcal meningitis occurs as a result of an exacerbation of an ear, sinus or respiratory infection.
03:47The progression of this disease is often acute.
03:51Can meningitis cause an epidemic?
03:53Meningococcal meningitis, cerebrospinal meningitis can cause epidemics in children's groups, kindergarten, schools.
04:01Sometimes the pathogen is localized in the mucous membrane or the throat.
04:06Will the disease remain latent?
04:08A healthy carrier can infect others by coaging.
04:13Cause of serous meningitis.
04:15In most cases, first forms of disease are caused by
04:19Fungus cox bacillus, the causative agent of tuberculosis.
04:24Listeria monocytogenes, the causative agent of listeriosis.
04:29This form of a disease can also be caused by a virus, viral meningitis.
04:35There are many viruses that can cause meningitis, but unfortunately many of them are benign.
04:42Treatment of meningitis, purulent type of meningitis.
04:45In such diseases are suspected.
04:47Immediate medical intervention is required.
04:50A lumbar puncture is used to confirm a diagnosis and determine the approximate treatment.
04:55Typical antibiotics are administered.
04:59Intramusculare.
05:00And the duration of treatment depends on the type and severity of a disease.
05:05Treatment of serous meningitis.
05:07Treatment depends on the cause of a disease.
05:11Antituberculosis drug for tuberculosis.
05:13Antibiotics for listeriosis.
05:14For viral form, painkillers antipyretics are prescribed to reduce fever and relieve pain.
05:21If the cause of meningitis is the herpes virus, antiviral drugs are ineffective.
05:27What is a lumbar puncture?
05:29A lumbar puncture involves inserting a special needle into the lower spine to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid.
05:38Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid can determine the presence of meningitis or bleeding with the meninges.
05:44The punctures allow for the administration of the intramuscular medication, chemotherapy, antibiotics for contrast agents.
05:54This procedure is performed only in a hospital and typically without local anesthesia.
06:00There are no particular risks associated with this lumbar puncture, but the patient should remain horizontal for 24 hours afterwards
06:11to avoid headaches.
06:13Prevention of meningitis.
06:14Depending on the pathogen, prevention varies for each type of meningitis, but in the case of meningococulum meningitis, antibiotics are
06:22recommended after contact between a healthy person and an infected person.
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