Post 2: The After Effect of Meningitis

While making this blog about the causes of trauma, it's unbelievable that their's many aspect why trauma begins not just witnessing or experiencing traumatic event but also having disease. And one of the disease that I discovered is meningitis. Define meningitis.Well I don't have idea about meningitis, all I know is it is kind of disease that makes your skin have a reddish spot? I make research on Google about this. I search the definition and images of it. Seeing the images of person who have meningitis is so disgusting, gross, and I can't take my eyes of seeing that thing not because I insult them but because it's true that you can see in their physical body the effects of viruses of this disease.

Let's have the broaden definition of Meningitis. According to The Free Dictionary by Farlex in the website of Medical Dictionary  that Meningitis is a serious inflammation of meninges, the thin, membranous cover of the brain and the spinal chord. Commonly caused by infection (by bacteria, viruses, or fungi) although  it can be also caused by bleeding into the meninges, cancer disease of immune system, and an inflammatory response to certain types of chemotherapy or other chemical agents.

It is already said that meningitis is came from the word meninges which is another name of membranes which is the part of our brain. And which our  brain controls everything in our body including nervous system which controls our emotion or feelings. And which trauma can be elicit to emotion or feelings.

While reading the difficult birth on the article of Top 10 Causes of Trauma written by Cranio Sacral Therapy Group in the website Cranio Sacral  for my blogpost 1, I saw and read the seventh cause of trauma and that's The After Effect of Meningitis. According to this article that most cases of meningitis are caused by microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, or parasites, that spread into the blood and into the Cerebrospinal fluid.

What is Cerebrospinal fluid?  It is a clear fluid that fills the cavities of the brain and covers the surfaces of the brain and spinal chord. It lubricates the tissues and cushions them from  shock and injury.


How does Meningitis affects the brain? According to the article of  How does Meningitis affects the brain? by Brainwashing and the Science of Pain in the website of  The Naked Scientist that their is bacteria physically growing and multiplying in the fluid (Cerebrospinal Fluid) that surrounds the brain. When the infection is over the membranes are often left with the form of scaring which can affect the delicate balance within the head symptoms from headache to epilepsy.

It is really scared to have this disease not just for having trauma or it gonna affect the nervous system and brain but your're gonna have a bacteria or virus on your brain's fluid. 

Because Cerebrospinal fluid have a big purpose on your brain, it circulates nutrients and chemical filtered from the blood and remove waste products from the brain so if it damages from the meningitis bacteria it's really hard to live because you are no just living as person who have disease but it affects you nervous system that controls your emotion and you can't handle yourself  if this gonna happen to you.

I've read an article entitled An Overview of Meningoccocal Meningitis by WebMD Medical Group in the website of  WebMd that about 15 % of those who survive are left with disabilities that include deafness, brain damage, and neurological problems.  Which anxiety is also came from neurological problems and it can lead us from having trauma. Anxiety is a feeling  of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event.

Having this rare disease is like having a scared feeling because imagine you will not just suffer in having this disease or having a traumatic experience during treatment in hospital but you will also suffer in having uncontrollable emotion because the side effects of this disease is neurological problem which can lead you to anxiety and having trauma. It is really important to know everything not just in the aspects of trauma but in all aspects of the rising disease in this world. In this age, the world now becomes more rude and you can't do anything when the world  strikes you. World is not safe place anymore for human. And only yourself is your ally in this world and you, yourself only can overcome everything including trauma and this kind of disease.

My observations while making research about this blog, I notice that their are many severe diseases that are rising in this world  including this meningitis they're not just disease but a disease that affects everything in your body whether your physical body or emotional/mental. It's really scared now in this world that their's many rising problems in the world. I thank God for making my family healthy and not having a severe disease or sickness. In my experience, I didn't have or experience yet a severe disease but I just witness my relative who have disease in their body because my father help them. It's not meningitis but it is cancer in kidney, yes it is not related in trauma but it's just part of my witnessing experience of anybody who suffer in one of the problems that are rising in the world. 

"If you have those signs and symptoms, you ought to get checked out by a doctor" stated by Brainwashing and the Science of Pain.

It is much better if you will have assurance that you have a good health by regular checking out your health by doctor and eating healthy foods. And you must know the following symptoms of the diseases that are easily to spread, as I repeat that you, Yourself is your ally in this world and only by you can start the healing process in any kind of problem that you're experiencing right now whether it is disease or trauma. There is saying that:

"Life is wonderful if you know how to live" stated by Mutya Datul.