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SWINE FLU GALWAY

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    #62
    cranky bollix
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭cranky bollix


    alibabba wrote: »
    My mom just told me a friend of hers had an 18 yr old niece who went to the Dr in her college in town yesterday complaining of feeling very sick.
    'Apparently' the Dr didnt do too much of an examination, told her she coming down with the flu and to rest up for a few days ...

    She died earlier today of meningitis

    :eek: Jesus thats awful - on everybody involved


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    #63
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    My word that poor family. May she rest in peace. If the local media get wind of this..


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    #64
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Wow , the doctors have been instructed to stop testing for swine flu since last month and it is everywhere now as we know . 25% of us are expected to get it .

    However Bacterial Meningitis and Flu symptoms are more or less the same , at times of Flu epidemics like now there is a strong risk of Meningitis getting through. Had the doctor done what they have recently been told NOT to do...ie test for flu ...she would have died BEFORE the test result came back anyway .

    The specific test for Meningitis is dangerous in its own right and would be overkill as a normal procedure .

    Furthermore teen females are not a high at risk meningitis demographic unlike young children and teenage males !!

    Furthermore there is a vaccine against some forms of Meningitis and it should be given all first year college students ...especially now with doctors likely to be overworked with flu .

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2008/apr/24/meningitis-c-jab-saves-lives
    Meningitis C killed 78 people in 1998. But in 1999, the MenC vaccine was introduced in the UK, which protects against meningitis C. Since then, there has been a 97 percent drop in the number of under-20s getting this illness.

    All children and young adults under 25 should also be immunised. So should all first year university students. These people will only need one dose.



    http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/meningitis.htm

    What are the symptoms?

    Early symptoms of bacterial meningitis include high fever, headache, chills, and stiff neck. The neck is so stiff that the patient cannot lower the chin to the chest. Other symptoms may include nausea and vomiting, confusion, irritability, and a red and purple skin rash

    Because recovery depends upon quick treatment, a fast diagnosis is extremely important. Your doctor will evaluate your or your child's symptoms, looking for specific signs such as a skin rash and stiff neck. To confirm the diagnosis, your doctor will need to do a lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap, to withdraw some cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and check for a bacterial infection. Before the fluid is withdrawn, an area in the lower back is numbed with a local anesthetic. Then, a long, hollow needle is inserted into the spinal canal to withdraw the fluid. If the symptoms are caused by bacteria, the fluid will generally look cloudy.


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