Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be ...

Meningitis rashes can look very different from person ... meningitis isn’t usually as contagious as other viral illnesses. You can catch meningitis through prolonged close contact with someone ...

The harrowing final messages of 25-year-old DJ Alex Theodossiadis before he died from meningitis have been revealed by his ...

Professor Sue Astley Theodossiadis has published the final messages and calls sent and made by her 25-year-old son Alex who died after contracting meningitis five years ago.

Some types of meningitis are contagious. You can get it from respiratory droplets in close contact with someone. Learn about ...

The death of a young man to bacterial meningitis has resulted in the launch and eventual rollout of a teaching resource in a ...

Petechiae sometimes appear in clusters and may look like a rash. If you have tiny red ... Some infections caused by viruses, known as viral hemorrhagic fevers, can cause changes in consciousness ...

It's another mosquito-driven viral infection, and is similar to the mayaro virus ... and it can include developing meningitis, encephalitis, and acute flaccid myelitis. Measles is a very serious ...

But it can lead to a life-threatening disease like Inflammation of the brain or encephalitis or inflammation of the lining of the spinal cord—known as meningitis. Pune Health Alert: Dengue ...

Although uncommon, meningitis is a serious disease that can attack the lining ... It can spread through direct contact with the rash. It can also spread when a person with the chickenpox coughs or ...

In children, symptoms include fever, irritability, loss of appetite, excessive fatigue and red rashes on the skin. Meningitis can be caused by various types of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.