Eight affected by meningitis in Kosovo, here are the symptoms

Meningitis disease as infectious diseases at this time of year has affected Kosovo citizens.

The statistics of the Infectious Clinic near QKUK say this disease, known as an inflammation of brain chips this early year, has attacked 8 people, of them 5 adults and 3 children.

Infectious Clinic Infectologist Arben Visaj for Kosova Preris has shown that meningitis disease is a serious disease and its cause are viruses or bacteria.

According to him, advances in infrastructure in this clinic have enabled faster diagnosis of this disease and prevention of victims.

The meningitis disease is a serious disease that results from the infection of microorganisms in the central nervous system, causing brain chips. We are currently in the Infectious Clinic in the adult department treated them in 2020, five cases of them 2 were with bacterial meningitis, so the cause was bacteria and three patients were with viral meningitis... And in the children in 2020 we've had only three cases and one Bacterial meningitis and two viral meningitis”, Vaj reported.

Infectologist Visaj said that five patients are currently being treated at the clinic and their situation is stable.

He has shown that by 2019 meningitis disease has been affected 128 people, 40 patients have been adults and children have been the most prone to this disease, and their number is 88.

“The ecuia of meningitis is different and depending on the condition of the organism, depending on the cause of meningitis and the time it comes. Fortunately, last month we haven't had any forms that were legally completed... We actually have two patients in the adult department and three patients are being treated in the pediatric ward... Their situation is generally stable, taking therapy according to the approved protocols, and their overall situation is good”, the infection said.

The Infectious Clinic doctor has until he has shown him some of the symptoms of the disease, has announced that the most affected ages are usually children.

The first clinical steps are usually fatigued, it's loss of appetite, vomiting, then some patients feel headaches, and sometimes they're afraid of light. All these symptoms when patients are present should come to the Infectious Clinic and we then proceed with diagnostic procedures... Meningitis doesn't know age he can be shown from birth to delayed age, age isn't a certain parameter, but usually the viral child forms are more frequent, while in increased bacterial forms it is more frequent”, he said.

Infectian Arben Visaj has appealed for increased care during these days by not attending places where there are many people after the infection of strokes is spread even through sneezing and coughing.

Meningitis has also affected countries in the region, even in Albania and North Macedonia, there have been victims.