Guest diamondback688 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 just out of curiosity, whats this poll for? Link to comment
Guest diamondback688 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 sry dude...was just wondering... Link to comment
Valentine Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 If you meant meningitis, I had this when I was 1 or so, so there I have no memory of anything. I was lucky, another kid was diagnosed the day before, so the doctor checked for it quite quickly. Link to comment
Jedward Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I had viral menengitis when I was 3. It was tramatic at the time as I was hospitalized and everyone around me was wearing mask. I do remember the nurses were very nice and that i was in diapers the whole time. About a week later I went home, it left not decrenable scar that I know of. Link to comment
diaperwerx Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Hey folks, I posted the below links not because I felt they are authoritative but they are somewhat informative. http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infection...meningitis.html http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/encephalitis/DS00226 That said, I have had a family member suffer a viral infection of the nervous system and had to deal with the aftermath. In short, [and please someone correct me if this is wrong] if you get a viral infection your body is on it's own. There is little modern medicine can do other than alleviate the symptoms. However if it is a bacterial infection there is much that can be done. How do you know the difference? Go to a medical professional!!!!!!!!!!!! Honestly it's the only way don't try to self-medicate this. dw Link to comment
Valentine Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 While modern medicine cannot directly kill of a viral infection, some have preventative measures that can be taken, that is why you get Flu shots. The treatment of the symptoms often aids the body in fighting off the virus. Bacterial infections can often be fought with drugs such as Penicillin and others, but even some of those are resistant to the drugs. As I said I had Meningitis when I was 1 or so, and I was very lucky. At the time the disease had a somewhat high mortality rate, and a high rate of causing brain damage in survivors. The problem wasn't as much with treatment, it was with diagnosis. It often wasn't diagnosed for some time after the infection started. Even now "Appropriate antibiotic treatment of most common types of bacterial meningitis should reduce the risk of dying from meningitis to below 15%" from he CDC. Link to comment
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