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    Okay, hey everybody, I am doing my presentation on meningitis, we will jump into it.

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    Starting off with characteristics so within your spinal cord and

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    brain there's gonna be an information of fluid that occurs

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    and when this happens a personal first notice headaches, fever, stiff neck,

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    vomiting, seizures,

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    not hungry, not thirsty sensitive delight. And we'll have a rash.

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    And newborns will communicate that need as well as having majority

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    or all of those um characteristics and they will character.

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    They'll communicate this need by crying, screaming or excessive irritability.

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    Here is a

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    good little picture here or the top,

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    you can see what a normal meninges I believe

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    it's pronounced looks like and then you can see

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    when it's infected um just how irritated and inflamed that is.

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    So the cause of this is typically caused by a

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    viral infection and if we look closer into the bacteria,

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    bacteria enters the bloodstream and travels up to the spinal cord into the brain.

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    And that's how the inflammation infection occurs.

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    And this happens most often in Children under five years old,

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    but it's also common among individuals under 20.

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    Um and then people who have a compromised immune system are at high risk

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    now to the effect, his poor little kiddo makes me so sad.

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    Um So sometimes if a parent or a person who feels like they have

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    meningitis

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    um

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    go to the doctor as soon as they notice their symptoms,

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    um sometimes I can heal after a few weeks with proper medical assistance.

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    However,

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    if somebody kind of second guessing themselves or doesn't trust their instinct,

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    This can be life threatening.

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    So areas that meningitis can affect our hearing loss, brain damage, memory,

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    difficulty learning disabilities, kidney failure, seizures in death.

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    Um The biggest treatment for meningitis is being vaccinated.

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    Studies show that being vaccinated is the

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    um leading treatment of preventing meningitis.

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    So they recommend vaccinating your child as soon as your doctor recommends.

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    Um And if you haven't been vaccinated with meningitis then

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    you um they do suggest looking into that and then

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    um talking to your doctor

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    and then also to keep your area as clean as possible.

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    Studies also show that any community living center

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    um This even counts as just living with your family.

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    Uh Meningitis is more present in a busier area.

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    So make sure that you wash your hands and clean your space as much as possible

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    and stay in your room or stay home if you are feeling sick

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    and then of course seek medical attention like a. S. A. P. F.

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    You fear of meningitis because the sooner you catch those

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    symptoms and try to reach him before it gets dangerous.

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    The better off you will be

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    some resources for the families that

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    the first one that resource provides information

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    support to families of a loved one with meningitis or that has meningitis,

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    just a good resource for how to better support them.

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    And that second one down their teachers, family about prevention

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    and then finally my references there. I just use the one with the mayo clinic.

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    So that is all we have. We'll zoom all the way back out.

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    Thanks for watching. Bye.