Can you survive meningococcal?

Meningococcal meningitis can be fatal or cause great harm without prompt treatment; as many as one out of five people who contract the infection have serious complications.

How serious is meningococcal?

Meningococcal disease is uncommon but serious. It usually takes the form of a blood infection (septicaemia) or infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meningitis). Immunisation against meningococcal bacteria provides good protection against meningococcal disease.

What can meningococcal do to you?

Meningococcal bacteria can multiply freely in CSF, and there they release poisons, causing inflammation and swelling in the meninges and the brain tissue itself. This increases pressure on your brain, producing symptoms of meningitis such as headache, stiff neck and dislike of bright lights.

How easy is it to get meningococcal?

People spread meningococcal bacteria to other people by sharing respiratory and throat secretions (saliva or spit). Generally, it takes close (for example, coughing or kissing) or lengthy contact to spread these bacteria. Fortunately, they are not as contagious as germs that cause the common cold or the flu.

Does meningococcal vaccine hurt?

Soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot is given, tiredness, headache, muscle or joint pain, fever, or nausea, can happen after meningococcal B vaccination. Some of these reactions occur in more than half of the people who receive the vaccine.

Who is most at risk for meningococcal?

Anyone can get meningococcal disease, but rates of disease are highest in children younger than 1 year old, with a second peak in adolescence. Among teens and young adults, those 16 through 23 years old have the highest rates of meningococcal disease.

Which population is at highest risk for meningococcal meningitis?

Do babies get meningococcal vaccine?

From 1 July 2020, the meningococcal B vaccine will be given at the same time as other routine baby vaccinations at 2, 4 and 12 months. An extra dose at 6 months is required for infants who have certain risk conditions. It is important that all doses are given to ensure your child is protected.

Can you get meningococcal twice?

If you get meningococcal disease twice, your doctor should check to see if you have an underlying immune deficiency. Although rare, people can get meningococcal disease more than once. A previous infection will not offer lifelong protection from future infections.

What does the start of meningococcal look like?

A meningococcal rash is caused by bleeding under the skin. It can start as pink/reddish pinprick-sized lesions, progressing to larger purple bruise-like markings as the rash spreads and haemorrhages. The rash is often harder to notice in darker-skinned people, especially during the early stages.

Is meningococcal vaccine necessary?

CDC recommends meningococcal vaccination for all preteens and teens. In certain situations, CDC also recommends other children and adults get meningococcal vaccines.

Why do meningitis shots hurt so bad?

Whether immunization shots are given intramuscularly, intradermally or subcutaneously, they invariably sting. They also might cause some inflammation around the insertion point because “the goal of an immunization is to provoke an immune response,” says Dr.