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The incidence of meningitis in children is not low, especially viral meningoencephalitis, which is often dominated by symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection at the onset, so parents are easy to confuse with colds, so the earlier meningitis is detected and the earlier **, the better the prognosis.

Pediatric meningitis is an infectious disease of the pediatric nervous system caused by infection by viruses, bacteria, tuberculosis, fungi and other pathogens, and the main symptoms are fever, vomiting, convulsions and other manifestations of varying degrees.

The most common meningitis in children is purulent meningitis, viral meningoencephalitis, and conjugated meningitis caused by bacterial infection, among which viral meningitis is the most common. In the past, there was encephalitis and Japanese encephalitis, but now with vaccination, including tuberculous meningitis, are relatively rare.

In fact, pediatric meningitis is a common disease in children, but many parents do not know what causes meningitis in their children, so they do not pay enough attention to it.

Enterovirus infection: the most common, generally caused by enterovirus infection, accounting for 80% of meningitis, including coxaki virus, poliovirus and echovirus. These viruses are mostly transmitted through fecal-oral transmission.

Adenovirus and mumps virus infections are mostly caused by respiratory infections in spring.

Arboviruses: are bloodthirsty arthropods and vertebrates that spread from person to person.

General symptoms: The most common symptoms of meningitis in children generally have acute onset, mostly fever, common nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, headache, nausea, vomiting, and even abdominal pain and diarrhea that start with common colds.

Fever: fever is typical of meningitis in children, with high or low temperatures.

Convulsions: Convulsions are the main symptoms of meningitis, mostly manifested by sudden turning of the eyes and gaze upward, twitching of the corners of the mouth, unconsciousness, pale or bruised, some trismus, flexion and twitching of the limbs, generally lasting more than ten minutes, convulsions 2-3 times a day, convulsions stop consciousness recovery, children are generally weak and in poor spirit.

General viral meningitis is also a self-limiting disease with a good prognosis, early detection**, and no sequelae.

If purulent meningitis and tuberculous meningitis are not timely, meningeal adhesions will appear in the later stage, resulting in a poor prognosis, secondary epilepsy, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, and movement disorders.

Strengthen children's physical exercise, enhance physical fitness, develop good hygiene habits, do not drink raw water, and wash hands before meals and after using the toilet.

Pay attention to rest, don't stay up late, eat a balanced diet, pay attention to dressing in different seasons, avoid colds, and avoid otitis media.

Timely vaccination of type 1 and 2 vaccines is the best protection for children, especially polio vaccine, mumps vaccine, encephalitis vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae vaccine.

This situation should be checked, and by the inspection report we can distinguish between them.

It can be distinguished from the child's physical aspect, diet, routine, mental and behavioral aspects. Because these aspects are very important for children, parents must pay attention.

In this case, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible**, and then do a detailed examination to be able to prescribe the right medicine, and do not ignore it.

A small cold may not seem serious, but parents should not take it lightly, because many dangerous illnesses can also have symptoms similar to those of the current cold. If left unattended, they will be delayed** and even life-threatening.

Colds are usually respiratory infections caused by seasonal influenza virus infection. It often occurs during the transition period between fall-winter and spring-summer. There is a human immune system.

The common cold can be cured in a short period of time. The time from onset to recovery is about 10 days, usually one week. Colds can also be divided into wind chill and heat chill.

One is cold because of a cold, and the other is cold because of being angry. Medications** are different for different causes of colds. Parents need to carefully distinguish the causes of their children's colds in order to apply the medicine to the case more accurately.

First of all, colds are very common in ordinary times, usually manifested by dizziness, lightheadedness, blurred vision, weakness, wanting to sleep, sometimes accompanied by fever and runny nose, and then a common illness - cough. There is a popular proverb that says, "There is no way to get a cold, it is good to take medicine for seven days, and it is good not to take medicine for a week."

Although this statement is true, when a cold comes, most people rush to take medicine. Facts speak louder than words, and witty words never produce power.

In general, meningitis is a disease in which the meninges are invaded by bacteria, viruses, and other pathogenic bacteria, causing inflammation. The meninges are the protective membranes that wrap around the brain and spinal cord. These include dura, arachnoid, and pial membranes.

Due to the use of antibiotics, the likelihood of duritis is greatly reduced. Meningitis is classified into viral meningitis, purulent meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, and cryptococcal meningitis according to the pathogenic bacteria infected. Among them, viral meningitis is common in adolescents, purulent meningitis is common in infants, children and the elderly, tuberculous meningitis is common in children and adolescents, and cryptococcal meningitis is common in adults aged 30-60 years.

A cold is an upper respiratory tract infection. Although fever and headaches can also occur, colds usually subside quickly after taking the medicine, and symptoms such as convulsions and vomiting are fewer. The child's mind is clear.

Meningitis will continue to have a high fever that does not improve after taking medicine, accompanied by coma, gibberish, headache, convulsions and other symptoms. In general, colds can also develop into meningitis, so when a baby has a cold, it must be prompt** and parents should take care of it.

Meningitis is similar to the early symptoms of a cold, but meningitis will have symptoms such as stiff neck, persistent fever, and headache, while a cold will have mild fever, runny nose, sore throat and other manifestations, and the symptoms of meningitis are more difficult to control. You should pay attention to protection at ordinary times, wear a mask when going out during the epidemic season, and try not to go to crowded places.

The first thing is to take the child to a professional hospital for examination, and generally meningitis is caused by bacteria or viruses, and then there is a particularly serious infection, and then there will be fever or severe pain, and then the neck will become more and more stiff, but if you have a cold, you will generally have sneezing or runny nose, and the time that usually appears is in spring or autumn.

First of all, the cold will definitely be fine in half a month at most, but meningitis may not get better. Also, after the child has a cold, you should also take the child to the hospital, mainly because the child is still very young. And then it is certainly not certain what the condition really is.

Depending on the age, the bacteria it infects will be different. Like adults, about 80% of meningitis is caused by Neisseria and Streptococcus pneumoniae, and for children, in addition to Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae can also cause meningitis!

It should be distinguished from the child's illness, if it does not get better, it may be meningitis, if it is a short-term disease, then it is not.

No matter how severe a cold is, it is just a fever, cough, and runny nose, and meningitis may cause people to have mental illnesses, such as body stiffness, photophobia, and so on.

If your child is unconscious when he or she has a cold, it is important to pay attention to meningitis.

Colds are also one of the early causes of meningitis, and many children do not deal with the symptoms of colds well, resulting in high fever that does not go away, and finally evolves into acute meningitis.

In this case, you must go to the hospital as soon as possible, and you must follow the doctor's advice, and only in this way can you reduce the harm to the child.

Seek medical attention as soon as possible. Because meningitis is a very serious disease, it needs to be treated as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

In this case, you still have to go to a big hospital, the bigger the hospital, the better, and find the most professional doctor for the child**, because the situation is particularly critical now.

Recently, the news that a boy caused meningitis due to picking his nose has caused a lot of disturbing concerns, and it has also caused related discussions. Some seemingly small habits in daily life can have a very big impact on us, and these bad habits need to be corrected in time. ......Specifically, these bad habits that we must break include rubbing our eyes with our hands, washing our hair every day, and brushing our teeth immediately after eating.

1. Rubbing your eyes with your hands will cause germs to enter the inside of your eyes and cause infection.

In daily work and life, problems such as wind, sun and dust can make our eyes feel uncomfortable, and we will habitually raise our hands to rub our eyes. ......Such actions have become a habit for many people, and this habit is precisely not good for our health. ......Specifically, when we rub our eyes with our hands, the germs on our hands can enter the glasses and cause infection, which is extremely detrimental to our health and needs to be corrected.

2. Washing your hair every day can hurt your hair and scalp, resulting in dry hair.

In order to keep their hair silky smooth, many people wash their hair every day. This habit is actually not good. ......Specifically, when we wash our hair, the scalp and the hair itself will be damaged to a certain extent, and if we wash our hair every day, it is easy to cause problems such as dry hair, so we should correct this bad habit and wash our hair once every two or three days.

3. Brushing your teeth immediately after eating can damage tooth enamel and lead to tooth decay and other problems.

Some people brush their teeth immediately after eating, believing that this is the best for their health. But in fact, this practice is even more detrimental to dental health......Specifically, when we finish eating, the ingredients in the food will affect the enamel and soften it. At this time, if you brush your teeth immediately, it will directly lead to greater damage to the enamel, which is extremely bad for dental health.

Therefore, we should correct this bad habit and brush our teeth one or two hours after eating, which is best for our dental health.

Meningitis is a serious disease that can lead to death. There are many causes of meningitis, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc., so colds are also easy to cause meningitis, let's understandColds cause symptoms of meningitis.

Symptoms of Meningitis Caused by a Cold Meningitis is a condition in which the delicate meninges or meninges (the membranes between the skull and the brain) become infected. Children from two to three months can develop neonatal meningitis, whether it is a bacterial or viral infection, which can be easily fatal for them. For older children, if it is meningitis caused by a virus, it is not so severe and lasts not so long, about ten days or so.

However, it can be very serious caused by bacteria.

High fever (40), stiff neck, severe headache, loss of appetite, unconsciousness, vomiting, convulsions, lethargy, drowsiness, sensitivity to light, small blood spots on the skin, **rash (from the armpits, hands, and feet), these symptoms of meningitis are similar to those of colds, and are often the cause of misdiagnosis. Changes in symptoms may occur within a day or two, and some become life-threatening within hours.

In infants and newborns, high fever, headache, and stiff neck are not typical symptoms, and sometimes hypothermia occurs. Symptoms in this group include high-pitched and persistent crying, unusual drowsiness, poor appetite, extreme sensitivity, and some distended chimneys.

In older people, these symptoms may or may not occur, but they may or may not show insidious symptoms, such as confusion and obtundation.

Severe bacterial meningitis can also cause shock, coma, or convulsions.

Examination of meningitis in neonatal disease The doctor will confirm the diagnosis of meningitis according to the clinical manifestations and examination, and lumbar puncture should be performed. In order to alleviate the pain caused by this procedure, it is usually performed after anesthesia in the hospital. A small sample of cerebrospinal fluid is taken with a needle pierced between two bones in the spine.

If the cerebrospinal fluid is clear, the fluid becomes cloudy, or the cells are bleeding and suppurating, meningitis should be suspected, and special culture tests are required. Blood samples, urine samples, and ocular and nasal secretions will be collected. Because the disease progresses rapidly, it should be done immediately, even before the results of the tests.

In addition, it is necessary to distinguish the following diseases:

1. Purulent meningitis, the most easily confused is Haemophilus influenzae meningitis.

2. Viral central nervous system infections are mainly viral encephalitis, viral meningoencephalitis and viral myelitis can be confused with the nodule brain, among which sporadic viral encephalitis needs to be identified more than epidemics.

3. The clinical manifestations, chronic course and cerebrospinal fluid changes of Cryptococcus neoformans meningoencephalitis can resemble cerebral nodules, but the course of the disease is longer and can be accompanied by spontaneous remission. Symptoms of chronic progressive intracranial hypertension are prominent and unequal to other manifestations of meningitis. This disease is less common in small germanium, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed as a nodularity.

4. Children with brain abscess often have a history of otitis media or head trauma, sometimes secondary to sepsis. Often with congenital heart disease. Children with brain abscess often have focal brain signs in addition to meningitis and intracranial hypertension.