re menangitis question in article c nzn mzx crdnns crd ge com brooksby brigham nosubdomain nodomain glen w brooksby writes this past weekend a friend of mine lost his month old daughter in a matter of hours to a form of menangitis the person informing me called it nicereal meningicocis sp in retrospect the disease struck her probably sometime on friday evening and she passed away about pm on saturday the symptoms seemed to be a rash that started small and then began progressing rapidly she began turning blue eventually which was the tip off that this was serious but by that time it was too late this is all second hand info my question is is this an unusual form of menangitis how is it transmitted how does it work ie how does it kill so quickly no the neiseria meningococcus is one of the most common forms of meningitis it s the one that sometimes sweeps schools or boot camp it is contagious and kills by attacking the covering of the brain causing the blood vessels to thrombose and the brain to swell up it is very treatable if caught in time there isn t much time however the rash is the tip off infants are very susceptible to dying from bacterial meningitis any infant with a fever who becomes stiff or lethargic needs to be rushed to a hospital where a spinal tap will show if they have meningitis seizures can also occur immediate family members were told to take some kind of medication to prevent them from being carriers yet they didn t have any concerns about my wife and i coming to visit them it can live in the throat of carriers don t worry you won t get it from them especially if they took the medication gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon
