The factors that cause meningitis and prevention methods.

Russian physician Alexander Miasnikov explained the factors that cause meningitis and how to prevent this dangerous disease.

In a television interview, the doctor said, meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, called meninges, caused by pneumococcus and meningococcus.

And he adds, this disease is especially dangerous for children and the elderly, who suffer from problems with the spleen or have the spleen surgically removed. But this disease can be prevented by vaccination. However, this disease kills 200,000 people a year. What are the risk factors and ways to prevent it?

Dr. To confirm that a person has meningitis, a lumbar puncture is used.

And it is used to treat the disease with antibiotics, such as ceftriaxone, which must be used quickly within the first hour after the disease is diagnosed in the hospital.

Meningitis often leads to hearing problems, including complete deafness. Therefore, when the disease is diagnosed, special attention should be paid to earache.

To prevent this dangerous disease, the doctor warns of the need to strengthen the immune system and vaccination, although the effect of the vaccine is not eternal, so it does not provide protection for life, however, vaccination is currently the best way effective in preventing meningitis, according to “Vesti”. Ru ”.