Meningitis

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and physically disabling and some less obvious, affecting the patient emotionally. Although many people will make a quick and complete recovery others will need a lot of support and care over the weeks and months following there illness. Unfortunately it is impossible to predict which after-effects if any an individual will suffer from. The after-effects are similar of the two forms of bacterial is considered much more serious then viral since it is fatal in about 1 out of 10 cases. But it is a mistake to assume that patients who have had viral are any less vulnerable to the after effects. The symptoms and possible long term complications of both kinds of can be very similar. Some bacterial and viral after affects for young children is babyish behavior, temper tantrums, forgetting recently learned skills, demanding attention, wetting bed, not being tired at night, or sleep walking and nightmares. For all children and adults the affects are general tiredness, recurring ...

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