Meningitis signs
Hey ladies, i dont want to scare anyone but wanted to mention.
i read in the paper earlier that cases of meningitis are on the increase in my area, Wigan/North West.
it gave the signs to look out for in a baby so thought i would mention as i thought it was mostly just a rash that didnt disapear under glass but apparantly thats one of the last symptoms to appear.
anyway in babies your looking for:
Irritable with a high pitched whine
upset at being held
stiff body
jerky movements
bit of a crappy saturday night subject but wanted to tell you all
i read in the paper earlier that cases of meningitis are on the increase in my area, Wigan/North West.
it gave the signs to look out for in a baby so thought i would mention as i thought it was mostly just a rash that didnt disapear under glass but apparantly thats one of the last symptoms to appear.
anyway in babies your looking for:
Irritable with a high pitched whine
upset at being held
stiff body
jerky movements
bit of a crappy saturday night subject but wanted to tell you all
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I have just put my two yr old to bed and can hear the high pitch whine from here! Its all so hard to know whats serous illness and just usual stuff they pick up - will have to go and check her now! x
I have a friend who works as a childrens nurse and is currently on a serious illnesses ward where they deal with things like TB, Measles, meningitis etc. She said in younger children/babies chicken pox can become infected and this can lead to meningitis which I'd never heard before, I thought CP was relatively harmless but it goes to show we should always be cautious.
Thanks for the other advice aswell, Its good to know what to look out for.
xxxx
Katie there are vaccines for it but there are many strains of it and there also two different types bacterial mengitis and viral meningitis thats about all i can remember from my training i never had to nurse anyone with meningitis luckily but i know there are different types, no memory these days
they tried a few dif medications but when they found the one for the right strain he just snapped out of it...just like that! was so wierd! he was home in a few days!
i worry about it cos if mil had not kept him cool he might not be here, how did she know? i hope i have that much sense if cam ever got ill!
bulging fontanelle
freezing hands and feet with a fever
difficult to wake
This is a good topic as we should all be aware of it. I wonder why it has increased near us though listef?
xx
PLEASE ALSO BE AWARE THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THE SIGNS OF MENINGITIS THAT ARE USUALLY TALKED ABOUT.
My only symptom was earache that came on suddenly and could not be settled in the normal ways.