Is meningitis serious in babies?

The baby has meningitis and the parents are very worried. Meningitis is very dangerous for babies. There are different types of meningitis, and you must know the type of meningitis if you want to treat it appropriately. Moreover, the duration of different meningitis is different, so it is necessary to treat it actively. Below, the editor will introduce to you the symptoms and types of meningitis. Is baby meningitis serious?

Symptoms of meningitis:

1. Children in the prodromal stage have symptoms such as fever, headache, myalgia, vomiting, and diarrhea.

2. The symptoms of encephalitis vary in severity, mainly manifesting as neuropsychiatric abnormalities. Manifestations of neurological abnormalities include fever, headache, vomiting, drowsiness, coma, convulsions, etc. In severe cases, abnormal symptoms may occur in the cerebrum, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, brainstem, cerebellum and spinal cord. Mental abnormalities manifest as excitement, talkativeness, irritability, crying and laughing at random, insomnia, abnormal behavior, hallucinations, fantasies, or indifferent expression, silence, decreased activity, refusal to eat, poor orientation, memory loss, incontinence, etc.

3. Associated symptoms are symptoms of corresponding viral infection before or at the same time as the onset of encephalitis.

Types of meningitis:

1. "Viral encephalitis" can seriously endanger children's physical health, affect their intellectual development, and leave sequelae of varying degrees. It can cause children to suffer from memory loss, mental retardation, epilepsy or limb paralysis. However, most "viral encephalitis" can be cured through active treatment. The treatment effect depends on the body's resistance, the virulence of the virus, the course of the disease, medication, etc.

2. Epidemic meningitis is caused by meningococci and is transmitted through the respiratory tract. The pathogen is located outside the meninges, the brain is not affected, and if treated in time, there are basically no sequelae.

The above is the editor’s answer to this question. Here, I would like to remind you that the treatment cycle of meningitis has a certain range.

It usually takes more than half a month for the condition to improve significantly. Therefore, parents should not worry too much, and should not listen to one side or believe it blindly, so as not to be deceived.