Name of the microorganism: Neisseria meningitidis
Disease cause by it: Meningitis
How is the diseases caused: It is caused by viral infection or infection caused by microorganisms. It is spread through infected things in the environment like clothes, utensils and other items of the infected person.
Symptoms of the disease:
1. Severe headache
2. High fever
3. Vomiting
4. Back pain
5. Photo-phobia, Phonophobia
6. Rolling from side to side
7. Slow and irregular pulse
8. Pain and stiffness of neck
9. Fainting
10. Unable to touch the chest with the chin
Treatment of disease:
Taking meningococcal vaccine (11--12 years, booster dose at 16 years)
Taking them to the hospital
Washing the patient's clothes , utensils, etc. only after sterilization