What is meningitis and how do you get it

How do you get meningitis?

http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/meningitis#s14

Children, young adults, and seniors are at highest risk for meningitis. People who spend time in close contact are most at risk of catching meningitis germs, including military personnel, students who live in dorms, kids in day care, and pe…

Who gets meningitis?

http://sierrasraceagainstmeningitis.com/Meningitis_Awareness.html

Even people who are usually healthy can get meningitis. Adolescents and young adults are at increased risk for catching the disease.

Who gets viral meningitis?

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/viral_meningitis/fact_sheet.htm

Anyone can get viral meningitis but it occurs most often in children.

Related Questions Answered on Y!Answers

Meningitis?

Q: I think I have meningitis, and I’m planning on going to the doctor ASAP, but I was just wondering…If I had bacterial meningitis, would I know within 3 days? From what I’ve heard, most people with bacterial meningitis and lying in bed sick as can be within 1 or 2 days of the symptoms first appearing.I don’t feel so hot, but I’m still out and about doing my daily routine. I know viral meningitis normally clears up on its own and isn’t very serious, so if I were to have meningitis, I would probably have that, correct?I just don’t want to waste hundreds of dollars on a doctor appointment if I can pretty much guarantee I don’t have a life threatening disease.

A: Presence and duration of a High fever (Over 103), Head ache, Stiff neck when looking up and down, Upper respiratory symptoms, such as runny nose, cough or other cold symptoms, Lethargy. All symptoms of Meningitis. If you really had it you wouldn’t be going about your daily routine you wouldn’t want to move anywhere.

What is the testing procedure for meningitis?

Q: If a college student comes down with meningitis, would all of the other students who took classes in those same buildings also have to get tested, even if they weren’t experiencing any of the symptoms and if so, what exactly would that testing entail? Where I go to college, something’s going around that, according to my mother, who is a nurse, a possible precursor to meningitis and I was just wondering what exactly I would have to go through, as far as testing is concerned, should either any of my classmates or another person attending a class in one of the same buildings that I do comes down with meningitis.

A: well someone would actually have to come down with meningitis for everyone to get tested. If you are concerned you can always ask the doc for a test anyway. The doctors usually look for a fever, rash, vomiting, headaches and check your lymph nodes for inflammation and ask you if you have any pain in your neck especially if you turn your neck up and down. If you have any of these early symptoms then they upgrade to a lumbar puncture to test for it. It isnt as painful as it used to be because they use anesthetics and has its risks but it can tell for sure if it is meningitis. Bacterial meningitis is treatable with antibiotics, viral meningitis has to run its course out of the body.

What is meningitis and what are some effective ways to treat it?

Q: I went to my doctor today and had told me that i could possibly have meningitis. My symptoms are headaches fever, tiredness, and stomach ache with vomit.

A: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meningitis/DS00118hope this helps.