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Bacterial Meningitis
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One of the vaccines that should be taken by your child at eighteen months is the meningococcal vaccine. It is optional, you can either have your child vaccinated with this or not. However, I highly recommend that you ensure that your child is vaccinated with this one. It may be quite expensive but it is really essential for this will prevent your child from having bacterial meningitis.
Bacterial meningitis is an infection caused by meningococcal disease. Severe cases of which may result to brain damage, hearing loss or loss of limbs. High fever, head aches, stiff neck and a dark purple rash are some of the symptoms of meningitis. For infants, they may appear slow or inactive, or be irritable have vomiting or slow feeding. When these symptoms arise bring your child immediately to the doctor.