Module 38 of 40 · Media
Meningitis
- Inflammation of the meninges
- Bacterial meningitis
- Fatal within a few hours
- Acute meningitis
- Is extremely fatal and requires medical care immediately
- Red flags
- Fever
- Vomiting
- Headaches
- Complains of a stiff neck (nuchal figidity)
- Pain in lumabr area
- Pain in posterior thigh
- Sensitivity to light
- Brudzinski's sign
- Flexion of the neck facilitates flexion of the hips/knees
- Kernig's sign
- Pain with hip flexion combined with knee extension
- Treatments
- Antibiotics
- Antimicrobial
- Steriods