Isikhathi sokukhushulwa kwesifo sisuka ezinsukwini ezimbili kuya kwezingu-7. Ngokuvamile, izimpawu ziqala ukuvela ngosuku lwesithathu lesi sifo, futhi ngesimo esibi lesi sifo siphuthuma ngokushesha futhi siphuthuma.
Izimpawu ze-meningococcal meningitis
Ukutheleleka okuvamile noma, njengoba kubizwa ngokuthi, izimpawu ezithathelwanayo ezinobuthi zivezwa njenge:
- ukwanda okungazelelwe kokushisa;
- isicasuli;
- ukuhlanza;
- i-tachycardia;
- nezinye izibonakaliso zokudakwa okunzima.
Okucacile (ama-meningeal syndromes) abonakala ngokwabo njenge:
- ikhanda lomsindo omuncu, ukuqhuma;
- ukudideka kokwazi;
- ukukhanya nomsindo;
- ukwandisa ukuzwela;
- ubuhlungu emehlweni ;
- izindlu.
Ezigabeni eziphambili zesifo kungenzeka:
- ukuxubha;
- ukukhubazeka okubukwayo ngenxa ye-edema ye-nertic optic;
- ubunzima bokugwinya;
- i-paresis nokukhubazeka ngokwengxenye;
- intamo eqinile.
Ukuxilongwa nokuphathwa kwe-meningococcal meningitis
Ukuxilongwa kokuqala kusekelwe ekuhlanganyeleni kwezimpawu ezivamile ekuhlolweni kwezempilo. Ukuyiqinisekisa ngenkathi i-meningococcal meningitis, i-bacteriological and biochemical examination ye-cerebrospinal fluid (cerebrospinal fluid) yenziwa.
Ukwelashwa kwe-meningococcal meningitis kwenziwa kuphela esibhedlela, ukusetshenziswa okukhulu kwama-antibiotics, kanye nemali ehloselwe ukususa ukudakwa, ukunciphisa i-edema yobuchopho nama-hormone glucocorticosteroid.
Izinkinga ze-meningococcal meningitis
Ngokuya ngobukhulu besigaba saleso sifo kanye nokufika kwesikhathi sokuqala kokwelashwa, i-meningococcal meningitis ingabangela imiphumela eminingi enzima:
- ukuphazamiseka okwesifo esithathelwanayo kanye nokweqa igazi, kungaholela ekuphumeni kwangaphakathi nokukhubazeka kwemisebenzi yezitho ezihlukahlukene, kuze kube nomphumela obulalayo;
- ukwehluleka okunamandla kokusebenza okunamandla, okuhambisana nokuncipha okubukhali ekucindezeni kwegazi;
- i-infarction ye-myocardial;
- ukuvuvukala kobuchopho.
Ngemuva kwalesi sifo, kungase kube nemiphumela emihle kanye nezinkinga ngendlela yokulahlekelwa ukuzwa (ukugcwalisa isithulu), ukuphuphutheka, i-hydrocephalus, ukugwinya kwesithuthwane, ukwehla ukuhlakanipha nokukhubazeka kwemisebenzi ethile yemoto.