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What is meningitis and what are some effective ways to take care of it?
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Meningitis: There are 3 types: viral, chemical and bacterial. The treatment for bacterial is antibiotic which are culture verified to be effective. Chemical is treated with steroids and time. Viral is treated with high dose antivirals and steroids. Neisseria meningitis is one of the very worst infections. You have minutes to hours to treat and it is very infectious.
Answered 12/10/2015
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