Infectious disease doctors are warning of a growing risk of contracting meningococcal infection in Buryatia as two cases have been identified in the region in the past week, one of which ended in death. The infection is of particular concern because seriously ill and apparently healthy carriers can transmit it, posing a particular threat to family members and, in particular, young children.
As Red Spring explains, meningococci can live on the lining of the nose and mouth and are spread through coughing, talking, and sneezing. About 80% of cases of infection occur in children, especially those under 4 years old, while children under 2 years old are the most vulnerable and at risk of death from this infection.
A particularly active distribution of meningococci is observed from January to May. Symptoms of infection can be a runny nose, sore throat, fever up to 38 degrees, redness and granulation of the throat, accompanied by mucopurulent discharge.
Earlier, a boy died of meningococcal infection in Buryatia.
Chronic fatigue, as a rule, signals various diseases associated with a mental disorder or dysfunction of the endocrine system. Information about this in our other article was shared by a neurologist, candidate of medical sciences, Olga Golubinskaya.
