Tag: meningitis
Vaccination against meningitis becomes compulsory: what does this change?
Frédéric Valletoux, the Minister Delegate for Health and Prevention, announced this Friday April 26 that vaccination against meningitis would become compulsory for infants on January 1, 2025. A new vaccine…
A child affected by purpura fulminans in Corsica. Know how to spot this serious sign of meningitis
News Published on 04/22/2024 at 1:01 p.m. Updated 04/22/2024 at 1:01 p.m. Reading 2 min. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Initially admitted to Ajaccio hospital,…
Meningitis: vaccination will soon be extended to other serogroups
News Published on 03/28/2024 at 1:37 p.m. Updated 03/28/2024 at 1:37 p.m. Reading 3 min. in collaboration with Hervé Haas (pediatric infectious disease specialist) The High Authority for Health recommends…
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…