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Pneumococcal Meningitis Contagious

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Dr.  Neeraj Kumar MD

yes I have a friend who is not feeling well at all she seems to be having most of the symptoms of menocogical meningitis . I guess what I am asking is if prosxaflo 500mg is a treatment for this or not ? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neeraj Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Vivek Chail MD

Would viral or bacterial meningitis show up in a CT scan without contrast? What is the likelihood of suffering meningitis without fever and why don t doctors consider it a possibility? I had viral ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vivek Chail ( Radiologist)
Dr.   Dariush Saghafi MD

I'm a young, healthy hairstylist, and I have a client with Mollaret Meningitis . Is this type of meningitis contagious? If so, what precautions should I take? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dariush Saghafi ( Neurologist)
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar MD

my father had a spinal tap done because of meningitis , he was swimming in pond near house and a couple of days later has fever , stiff neck , headache. what do you think the cause of meningitis, and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Anil Grover MD

my kid was 10 yrs old. suffered with MENINGITIS . WHILE TREATING MENINGITIS Drs used VANCOMYSCIN INJ. They fixed cannula on right foot. Kid got cured from MENINGITIS but now suffering with ulcer on ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anil Grover ( Cardiologist)

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Dr. Keshwar Damry MD

hi dr, i am deaf all my life and went to see the peter ashcroff consultant otologist 2007.the dr ashcroff said i cant have a cochlear implant because its risk of pneumococcal meningitis. could you please ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Keshwar Damry ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Pratik MD

pneumococcal meningitis and ADEM. I am having no symptoms other than that dizziness and off balance than I have ...I have a 1.9 cm meningitis left frontal lobe. The neurosurgeon is recommending... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pratik ( Oncologist)
Dr. Sudhir Kumar MD

pneumococcal meningitis. They had given me IV antibiotis for 2 days prior to testing my CSF for meningitis so ... from meningitis. I have never felt completely comfortable with the diagnosis.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash MD

My 11 year old son has a history of pneumococcal meningitis at age 5. He has had vision disturbances ever since. He sees blotches of color in his field of view. He knows what colors should look like ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash ( Ophthalmologist)
Dr. Arun MD

What if the most common victums to prey opon for meningitis? How does meningitis attack and spread? is meningitis armed and dangerous? what is the degree rate of damage caused by Meningitis?... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arun ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)