WARNING BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IS A LIFE & DEATH EMERGENCY 

If  you think you or someone you know has it,  CALL 911.  

 

Meningitis Signs and Symptoms
 
ALERT
Do you know the early signs of meningitis and blood poisoning which could improve detection of the disease and save lives?
Unrelenting fever, leg pain, cold hands and feet and abnormal skin color can develop within (12 hours) after infection long before the more classic signs of the illness such as a rash, headache, stiff neck, sensitivity to light and impaired consciousness, debilitation or death.
Anyone can get meningitis especially infants, children and teens.


What parents should know:
According to ACIP/CDC children ages 11 years through college freshmen should be vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis.

Infants and toddlers should be vaccinated against pneumococcal meningitis.
Those children in daycare and those of American Indian and African American ethnic groups are at a higher risk.
 

Meningitis Symptoms Infants and Children
A high-pitch whimpering,
moaning or crying.
Dislike of being handled.
Fretful arching back.
Neck retraction.
Refusing feeds or vomiting.

WARNING THE PHOTOS BELOW ARE GRAPHIC  

 

All Can have these.

Stiff neck and headache (Remember with meningococcemia you do not always have a stiff neck) meningococcemia is when the bacteria enters the blood stream.

Blank, staring expression .
Difficult to wake up or very lethargic.
 May have cold hands & feet.
Pale, blotchy skin color.
 Unrelenting fever ( Fever that does not go away now matter what you do.)
Sensitivity to light
Cold feet or hands
Nausea or vomiting
Joint pain
A RED/PURPLE RASH bleeding under the skin. It can look like little red pin pricks, hickeys, or purplish bruises.  Even check the bottom of the feet and arm pits.

 

Little toes were amputated

 

Tissue starts to die from lack of blood flow immediately. These areas will most likely be amputated or leave horrible scars. In this case (above) the arm was amputated to the elbow. Often victims lose ears, and noses as well as other parts of the body.

 

We can STOP these diseases.

Learn more about them and the ways to stop them by going through our web site.

Meningitis not only kills and destroys its' victims lives but it devastates and  destroys the lives of families and friends.
Many times families end , in financial ruin, divorce, emotional stress and sometime even suicide.
Educate yourself, 
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