Mataracy
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This is very serious infection of the brain, more common in children. It may begin as a complication of another illness, such as measles, mumps, whooping cough, or an ear infection. Children of mothers who have tuberculosis sometimes get tubercular meningitis in the first few months of life.
Signs:
Treatment:
Get medical help fast every minute counts! If possible take the person to a hospital. Meanwhile :
- inject ampicillin, 500mg. every 4 hours or crystalline penicillin.
- If there is high fever ( more than 40°), lower it with wet cloths and aspirin or acetaminophen (paracetamol)
Prevention:
For prevention of tubercular meningitis, newborn babied of mother's with tuberculosis should be vaccinated with B. C. G. at birth. Dose for the newborn is 0.05 ml. (half the normal does of 0.1 ml.). For other suggestions on prevention of TB.
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Signs:
- Fever
- Severe headache
- Stiff neck. The child looks very I'll, and lies with his head and neck bent back.
- The back is too stiff to put the head between the knees.
- In babies under a year old: the fontanel (soft spot on the head) bulges upward.
- Vomiting is common.
- Little children cry in a piercing way ( the 'meningitic cry'). This can be very aggravating to the health worker. Even the mother cannot quieten the child by putting it to her breast. The child remains restless and noisy.
Treatment:
Get medical help fast every minute counts! If possible take the person to a hospital. Meanwhile :
- inject ampicillin, 500mg. every 4 hours or crystalline penicillin.
- If there is high fever ( more than 40°), lower it with wet cloths and aspirin or acetaminophen (paracetamol)
Prevention:
For prevention of tubercular meningitis, newborn babied of mother's with tuberculosis should be vaccinated with B. C. G. at birth. Dose for the newborn is 0.05 ml. (half the normal does of 0.1 ml.). For other suggestions on prevention of TB.
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