Father has bacterial minengitis,if I watch his kids, am I susceptible?grandmothe!
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He is in hospital since friday evening, this is saturday April 29, Children was with him only a few hours before him going to hospital.
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Everyone who had contact with your father should be given profilatic medicine.
Ask his doctor.
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It is a serious contagious disease however unless the children are infected that can't give it to you.
Check out this site.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/meningitis.html
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http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/meningitis.html
YES! BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK BEFORE HE WAS ILL AT HOME WITH THE KIDS THEY MAY NEED TO GO TO THERE DOC AND GET SOME ANTIBIOTICS FOR BACK UP DAD WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN FOR UP TO 10 DAYS..
when my daughters nephew had it the whole family were treated with anti biotics as a preventative
Meningitis is an infection of the fluid of a person's spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain. People sometimes refer to it as spinal meningitis. Meningitis is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection.
Knowing whether meningitis is caused by a virus or bacterium is important because the severity of illness and the treatment differ. Viral meningitis is generally less severe and resolves without specific treatment, while bacterial meningitis can be quite severe and may result in brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disability. For bacterial meningitis, it is also important to know which type of bacteria is causing the meningitis because antibiotics can prevent some types from spreading and infecting other people. Yes, some forms are bacterial meningitis are contagious. The bacteria are spread through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions (i.e., coughing, kissing). Fortunately, none of the bacteria that cause meningitis are as contagious as things like the common cold or the flu, and they are not spread by casual contact or by simply breathing the air where a person with meningitis has been.
However, sometimes the bacteria that cause meningitis have spread to other people who have had close or prolonged contact with a patient with meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis (also called meningococcal meningitis) or Hib. People in the same household or day-care center, or anyone with direct contact with a patient's oral secretions (such as a boyfriend or girlfriend) would be considered at increased risk of acquiring the infection. People who qualify as close contacts of a person with meningitis caused by N. meningitidis should receive antibiotics to prevent them from getting the disease. Antibiotics for contacts of a person with Hib meningitis disease are no longer recommended if all contacts 4 years of age or younger are fully vaccinated against Hib disease
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