Tag: meningitis
A student dies from bacterial meningitis, what are the risks of transmission?
News Published on 02/12/2024 at 5:11 p.m. Updated 02/12/2024 at 5:11 p.m. Reading 2 min. Last Thursday, a student at the Catholic University of Lille died from bacterial meningitis. In…
Meningitis: the increase in cases worries doctors. How to protect yourself from it?
News Published on 11/15/2023 at 2:03 p.m. Updated 11/15/2023 at 2:03 p.m. Reading 2 min. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Medical validation: November 15, 2023…
Attention those who experience neck pain: Do not underestimate it! Symptom of serious diseases
Neck pain is usually mild or moderate and can be treated with methods such as rest, physical therapy, warm-up exercises and posture correction. However, if neck pain is severe or…
Viral meningitis: duration, contagious, after-effects, what is it?
Viral meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the membrane that covers the brain. It is caused by viruses. Among the after-effects, the risk of deafness (unilateral or bilateral) due…
Pleiocytosis: definition, treatment, the sign of meningitis?
Designating the presence of abnormal cells in the cerebrospinal fluid, pleocytosis is diagnosed on the study of this fluid from the realization of a lumbar puncture. It can be the…
Chambéry: a two-year-old child dies of lightning meningitis
News Published on 06/21/2023 at 11:57 am Updated 06/21/2023 at 11:57 am Reading 2 mins. This weekend in Chambéry, a two-year-old boy died of lightning meningitis. About 70 people who…
Fungal meningitis epidemic alert in the USA: There are those who lost their lives!
“The CDC is collaborating with the Mexican Department of Health and US state and local health departments to address a suspected outbreak of fungal meningitis among patients undergoing surgical procedures…
The 11 warning symptoms of meningitis (adult, child)
Fever, stiff neck, violent migraine… Meningitis causes characteristic symptoms that should not be overlooked. How does meningitis start in babies? The adult? How to react ? Summary Meningitis is a…
Meningitis: a vaccination campaign launched in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
News Published on 04/21/2023 at 7:06 p.m. Updated 04/21/2023 at 7:06 p.m. Reading 1 min. Faced with the resurgence of cases of meningitis in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, the Regional Health Agency…
Meningitis vaccine: name, side effects, mandatory?
Prévenar, InfanrixHexa… Several vaccines exist in France against meningitis (meningococci, pneumococci, Hib). Are they mandatory? Starting at what age ? What efficiency? What side effects? Summary Meningitis is a inflammation…