Serous meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes of the spinal cord and brain. This disease occurs due to the defeat of the body by the Coxsackie virus, choriomeningitis, ECHO and then it is classified as primary meningitis, or in measles, influenza, chickenpox - secondary meningitis. In the first case, bacteria enter the body by airborne droplets, through food, water; in the second case, meningitis is the result of a neglected disease, possibly on the feet or untreated.
Symptoms of serous meningitis in adults
Adults suffer from this disease much less often than children. But against a background of weak immunity, even an "adult" organism can surrender. If the body is exhausted after a long illness, suffers from chronic fatigue , then the virus can easily enter the brain envelope and begin to direct its own orders there. And the incubation period lasts long enough - up to 2 weeks.
The first sign of serous meningitis is an increase in craniocerebral pressure. This is due to the fact that a harmful virus affects the hypodynamics of blood vessels, after which water and salts are released from the blood into the cerebrospinal fluid. Pressure causes severe headaches , intensifying in the area of the temples. Also, the disease of serous meningitis is characterized by such signs as convulsions of the extremities or the whole body. It is unpleasant for a patient to be in a bright room, irritability increases. With enterovirus serous meningitis, one of the symptoms may be abdominal pain and constant vomiting.
The picture of the disease is supplemented by a high temperature, which can decrease after a couple of days, but then rise again.
Specific signs and symptoms of serous meningitis
In addition to the above signs, the patient may experience intolerance of loud sounds, delirium, the development of hallucinations, the soreness of eyeballs. If the treatment is not started on time, the eye and optic nerve may swell, swallowing, paralysis of the limbs.
Symptoms of a disease of serous meningitis in some cases are the symptoms of Kernig, Bekhterev, and Brudzinsky. The course of the disease, as in many other cases, depends on the organism itself, on its predisposition to the transfer of such infections, on the stage of the disease or the concomitant diseases.
Diagnostics
What signs of serous meningitis, every person should know. After all, this serious disease can lead to irreversible consequences, if not start treatment in the first stages. Deafness, loss of vision, paralysis, changes in brain activity are far from all the problems that you can get yourself after the transfer of meningitis.
After revealing signs of serous meningitis, treatment is started immediately. Hospitalization of the patient is desirable within a day after the onset of symptoms. In this case, the predictions are usually favorable and recovery occurs in a couple of weeks. In no case can not refuse treatment in the hospital.
For medical diagnosis, the patient is taken all the necessary tests - blood, urine, feces, look at the numbers of white blood cells, protein,
In order not to get meningitis:
- try not to lead your body to exhaustion;
- Do not go to places of congestion of the people;
- in summer do not swim in bathing sources;
- drink only checked water.