Meningitis is a serious infectious disease, accompanied by purulent inflammation of the shell of the spinal cord. Among the pathogens, bacteria and viruses are released, such as meningococcal infection, hemophilic and tuberculosis sticks, enteroviruses. The disease can occur as a complication of another disease or as an independent disease. For the most part, people with a weakened immune system, with back injuries, heads and damage to the central nervous system, get sick.
One of the main symptoms is headache and high body temperature. The pain increases when the position of the head changes, bright light, cough, loud sounds. Often, headache is accompanied by unexpected nausea and vomiting, heart rhythm and muscle pain. Meningitis is accompanied by convulsions, delirium, hallucinations, psychomotor excitement. In addition, another sign of meningitis is the rapid spread of the rash.
Patients for meningitis are subject to immediate hospitalization, since self -medication can result in disability or eternal peace. If the disease is caused by pathogenic bacteria, then antibiotics are used for treatment. Such as cephotaxim, meropenem, and introduce intravenously. With inflammation of the cerebral membranes caused by viruses, the drugs of interferon, immunoglobulins are used, having the ability to destroy pathogens of infectious diseases. If, in the treatment of meningitis, penicillin, ceftriaxone and cefotaxim do not give the expected result, then vanc -committee and carbapenems are prescribed.
At home, you should not treat meningitis, but there are traditional medicine means to prevent the development of infections.
In order to relieve head pain, use poppy. It is grinded, poured with hot milk and insisted (1 t. spoon on a glass of milk). Take 80-90g three times a day.
It is recommended to drink half a glass of infusion from the root of valerian, 2 weeks and twice a day. They also advise mint water for drinking, decoctions of grass of camel hay and barley (1 t. spoon of mint leaves per glass of boiling water). Such a decoction relieves inflammation and helps eliminate convulsions.
Effectively in the spring take dandelion juice (1 t. spoon 30 minutes before meals).
Lavender medicinal is used as a diuretic, analgesic, soothing, anticonvulsant agent (3 hours. Fill the spoons with two glasses of boiled water).
