Anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo

Mutha kudwala meningitis pa msinkhu uliwonse. Komabe, chiwopsezochi ndi chachikulu mwa anthu otsatirawa:

• Ana osakwana zaka 2;
• Achinyamata ndi achinyamata azaka zapakati pa 18 mpaka 24;
• Akuluakulu;
• Ophunzira aku koleji omwe amakhala m'nyumba zogona (sukulu zogonera);
• Ogwira ntchito zamagulu ankhondo;
• Ana omwe amapita ku nazale (creche) nthawi zonse;
• Anthu omwe ali ndi chitetezo chofooka. Izi zikuphatikizapo okalamba omwe ali ndi matenda aakulu (shuga, HIV-AIDS, uchidakwa, khansara), anthu omwe akudwala matenda, omwe amamwa mankhwala omwe amafooketsa chitetezo cha mthupi.

Zowopsa za meningitis

• Muzilumikizana kwambiri ndi munthu yemwe ali ndi kachilomboka.

Mabakiteriya amafalitsidwa ndi tinthu tating'onoting'ono ta malovu omwe amapezeka mumlengalenga kapena kukhudzana mwachindunji ndi kusinthana kwa malovu mwa kupsompsona, kusinthanitsa ziwiya, galasi, chakudya, ndudu, milomo, etc.;

• Khalani m'mayiko omwe matendawa ndi ofala.

Matenda a meningitis amapezeka m'mayiko angapo koma miliri yofala kwambiri komanso yomwe imapezeka kawirikawiri imapezeka m'madera omwe ali m'chipululu.Afrika ya kum'mwera kwa Sahara, amene amatchedwa "African meningitis lamba". Pa nthawi ya miliri, zochitikazo zimafikira 1 milandu ya meningitis pa anthu 000. Ponseponse, Health Canada imawona chiwopsezo chotenga meningitis kukhala chochepa kwa apaulendo ambiri. Mwachiwonekere, zoopsa zimakhala zazikulu pakati pa apaulendo omwe amakhala nthawi yayitali kapena pakati pa omwe amalumikizana kwambiri ndi anthu amderalo m'malo omwe amakhala, zoyendera zapagulu kapena malo awo antchito;

• Kusuta kapena kukhudzidwa ndi utsi wa fodya.

Kusuta kumaganiziridwa kuti kumawonjezera chiopsezo cha meningococcal meningitis1. Komanso, malinga ndi maphunziro ena, ana ndi kusuta fodya kukhoza kukhala pachiwopsezo chachikulu cha meningitis2,8. Ofufuza pa yunivesite ya Edinburgh awona kuti utsi wa ndudu umathandizira kumamatira kwa mabakiteriya a meningitis kumakoma a mmero8;

• Nthawi zambiri kutopa kapena kupsinjika.

Zinthu izi zimafooketsa chitetezo chamthupi, monganso matenda omwe amayambitsa kufooka kwa chitetezo chamthupi (shuga, HIV-AIDS, uchidakwa, khansa, kuyika ziwalo, mimba, chithandizo cha corticosteroid, etc.)

• Anali ndi splenectomy (kuchotsedwa kwa ndulu) kwa meningococcal meningitis
• Khalani ndi cochlear implant
• Khalani ndi matenda a ENT (otitis, sinusitis)