Causes And Effects Of Meningitis

The brain is one of the most vital organs of the human body. It controls thoughts, intelligence, speech, breathing, movement and all other functions. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that carries the brain’s commands to the rest of the body. Spinal cord and brain are two of the most fragile parts in the human body. As such, nature has provided protection for these parts by enclosing them in the meninges.

Meninges – are the three thin membranes (the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater) that line the skull and vertebral canal and enclose the brain and spinal cord.

When bacteria and viruses enter the human body, they may attack any organs or other parts of the body. Meningitis is an infection of the meninges. This infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord can be viral, fungal or bacterial (less common by certain drugs), and usually causes the swelling. When the meninges are infected they can become inflamed, leading to different symptoms such as headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fever and a stiff neck. Hippocrates, the Greek physician who lived in the 5th century b.c., first observed the symptoms of meningitis in his patients, meaning that the

Bacterial (including meningococcal meningitis, Haemophilus influenzae meningitis, and staphylococcal meningitis) or severe viral meningitis are a neurologic emergency and require treatment in a hospital, including medications such as antibiotics, corticosteroids, and medicines to reduce fever; oxygen therapy, if you have trouble breathing; suctioning, to remove mucus from the bronchial tubes and supportive care (closely observation by hospital doctors, for example, you may need to drink extra liquids or get fluids in a vein). Fungal meningitis is treated with long courses of high dose antifungal medications, usually given through an IV in the