{"id":158840,"date":"2023-10-05T16:51:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=158840"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:24:12","slug":"what-is-meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/what-is-meningitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meningitis: A Headache that Should Be Treated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To understand <strong>what meningitis is<\/strong>, the first thing you need to know is that the meninges are the tissue membranes that are found between the brain and the cranium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecsalud.mx\/directorio-medico\/dr-juan-manuel-escamilla-garza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Juan Manuel Escamilla<\/a>, neurologist and professor from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecsalud.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TecSalud<\/a> system, defines the meninges as an envelope, a kind of protective bubble. These meninges are divided into three layers: dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater, which is the closest to the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Meningitis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gIHUJs2eTHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-meningitis\"><strong>What is Meningitis?<br><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe meninges are important because they are highly vascularized tissues that nourish the brain with blood vessels. When they become inflamed, this is called meningitis,\u201d explains Escamilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This inflammation can be caused by viruses, fungi, and bacteria, which carry a different degree of danger. In any case, the most common symptoms are headache, vomiting, and even fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMeningitis occurs at certain times of the year. It&#8217;s more frequent during changes in the weather, such as in the fall, when new viral loads come. There is also an increase during spring,\u201d says the <a href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tag\/tecsalud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TecSalud<\/a> specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes <strong>meningitis is so mild<\/strong> that the disease can go unnoticed or patients self-medicate with a headache pill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the warning symptoms that make people go to the doctor are when the headache does not subside \u2013even though you take painkillers\u2013 and when a fever appears,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it is not common for meningitis to cause death, if patients let the symptoms progress it can cause more serious problems. When the virus reaches the brain, it becomes inflamed, causing seizures and mental alterations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere can be sequelae with serious brain infections. Some years ago, when there wasn&#8217;t much knowledge, a complication in childhood could cause deafness. Now, we treat them more promptly,\u201d says Escamilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the speed with which the infection progresses, <strong>the most serious meningitis is bacterial<\/strong>, especially that caused by<strong> meningococci<\/strong>. However, it is preventable because vaccines exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aseptic-or-viral-meningitis\"><strong>Aseptic or Viral Meningitis<br><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When a virus causes meningitis, it is classified as aseptic meningitis, which is commonly caused by an enterovirus (a virus that produces mild to serious influenza-like symptoms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnyone can pick the up them through the airway, through the respiratory system, or through the digestive tract and they reach the meninges. There are no vaccines, as there are many variants,\u201d explains the neurologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The symptoms of this type of meningitis last from five days to a week and are not usually as serious as those caused by bacteria or fungi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, the symptoms are so mild that the disease can go unnoticed and patients self-medicate with a painkiller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":158842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[224,144],"class_list":["post-158840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-health","tag-tecsalud"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ 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