{"id":333047,"date":"2025-04-16T16:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=333047"},"modified":"2025-04-17T10:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:49:51","slug":"meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/meningitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meningitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b>Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first-ever global guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and care of <strong>meningitis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-333179 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meningitis.png?resize=523%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Meningitis\" width=\"523\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meningitis.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meningitis.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meningitis.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meningitis.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Meningitis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meningitis is a serious medical condition involving an infection and inflammation of the meninges, which are the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.<\/span>\u00a0These membranes are called meninges.<\/li>\n<li><b>Caused by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, or non-infectious agents like medications or autoimmune diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong> It includes Sudden high fever, Stiff neck, severe headache, nausea, Confusion or difficulty concentrating, Seizures, Skin rash (may occur, especially in meningococcal meningitis), Drowsiness or difficulty waking up, etc.<\/li>\n<li><b>Transmission: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The disease can spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Close contact can also lead to transmission.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention<\/strong>: Vaccines against common types of bacterial meningitis, Antibiotics etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first-ever global guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and care of meningitis. About Meningitis Meningitis is a serious medical condition involving an infection and inflammation of the meninges, which are the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.\u00a0These membranes are called meninges. Caused by: It can&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/meningitis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meningitis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":333179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-333047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meningitis.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}