Schoolgirl died of meningitis

Schoolgirl from Wetzlar died from dangerous meningitis.

A pupil of the Vocational School Wetzlar has died according to the health authority of the consequences of a highly contagious meningitis. Only on Wednesday, the disease was detected. Then the woman was taken to the local hospital.

A vocational student from Wetzlar, Lower Saxony, died of highly infectious meningitis. Only on Wednesday, the disease was detected. The woman suffered from high fever, nausea and vomiting. The condition of the young woman was lethal on Wednesday. Only one day after admission to the clinic in Wetzlar, the pupil died as a result of meningitis.

According to the district administration was a bacterial meningitis (meningitis), which was triggered by meningococcal bacteria. The disease is notifiable and is considered very contagious. Pupils, teachers and parents from the deceased were therefore given precautionary antibiotics to prevent the disease from spreading.

There are two types of meningitis, on the one hand the viral (ie caused by viruses) and the bacterial, purulent meningitis. In most cases, the disease is transmitted by tick bites. Typical symptoms of meningitis include sudden high fever, headache, tiredness, dizziness, nausea, stiff neck and chills. If the course of the disease is severe, impaired consciousness and powerlessness can also occur. The disease can also be transmitted by droplets from person to person. For this reason, it is important to provide medical care to all persons in the immediate vicinity and to give preventive antibiotics. Most purulent, bacterial meningitis affects children up to the age of 15 (in the first 5 years 52 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). In adults, the disease is less likely to occur. An infection with viruses, however, is less dangerous usually heals after a few days. (sb, 24.09.2010)