Signs And Symptoms Of Meningitis

A lot of different viruses can cause you to have a viral infection headache. However, the one reason why most people fear getting a viral infection headache is because it may be meningitis.

This is an infection in the membrane that surrounds your brain. Brain and spinal cord infections can be very dangerous because they cause inflammation, which places pressure on your nerves. This will cause you to have a viral infection headache.

Inflammation can also cause the following symptoms:

Fever

Severe headache

Feeling confused

Severe inflammation can cause these symptoms:

Brain damage

Stroke

Seizures

Death

A bacterial infection or virus causes meningitis. The body can usually fight and beat an infection. However, when the infection travels into the blood stream, it can then go into your brain and spinal cord’s fluid. It can then affect your nerves and move into the brain causing inflammation and swelling. This can damage or kill nerve cells and cause bleeding in the brain. It can also cause you to have a viral infection headache.

Brain swelling is very dangerous because the brain is a soft organ in a hard box (the skull). If the brain swells, there is nowhere for it to go, except against the walls of the skull. This is what causes the most damage.

There are several causes of meningitis. These include

Bacterial infection

Viral infection

Fungal infection

A reaction to medications

A reaction to medical treatments

Lupus

Some forms of cancer

A trauma to the head or back

Bacterial meningitis is the worst type because it can kill you. It often begins as an upper respiratory tract infection. From there it travels through your blood vessels to your brain. Then it can block up your blood vessels inside your brain triggering a stroke and brain damage.

Viral meningitis is the most common form. Usually viruses that enter your body through your mouth before going to your brain and multiplying cause it. You can find these viruses in the mucus, saliva and feces.

Other viruses that may cause meningitis include:

Chicken pox

Flu

Mumps

HIV

Genital herpes

Anyone can catch meningitis. This is especially true of people who have a weak immune system.

Meningitis often begins like the flu does. You may get a rash. The major symptoms include:

Running a sudden fever

A severe headache

Stiff neck

Dislike of light

Bacterial meningitis must be treated quickly. Severe bacterial meningitis will require intravenous antibiotics.

Antibiotics cannot be used to treat viral meningitis because they do not kill viruses. Therefore, the person must simply rest either at home or in the hospital.

When the illness subsides, your viral infection headache and other symptoms will also subside. However, you should always follow your doctor’s orders until you have recovered from a viral infection headache.

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