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    Posted: November 22 2013 at 3:48pm
Hey all, my school just sent this via email. I am a part of the University of California system, and I guess UC Santa Barbara just had some new cases ( I don't go to that one, btw).


Student Health Alert

Meningococcal Disease can be fatal within 24 hours after the first symptoms appear.  

Seven cases at Princeton University and three cases at UC Santa Barbara: The current meningococcal disease outbreak at Princeton University and new cases at UC Santa Barbara remind us of the importance of prevention and vaccination within the college community.

What is Meningitis?

Meningitis is a bacterial infection of the membrane around the brain and spine, and sepsis – a bloodstream infection. It is a sudden, life-threatening infection that often occurs in otherwise healthy people, without warning.

About 1 in 10 of those who contract meningococcal disease die despite treatment, and up to 1 in 5 survivors suffer from permanent disabilities such as brain damage, hearing loss, or learning difficulties.

How do you contract it?

Meningococcal bacteria can be passed between people through coughing, sneezing and direct contact, such as kissing.  While the meningococcal bacteria can cause deadly disease, some people can harbor and spread the bacteria to others, without necessarily becoming ill themselves.

What should you do?

Get vaccinated! Five main groups cause the majority of meningococcal disease. Four of them are preventable with a simple vaccine.

 

Follow ongoing updates from the CDC on their Meningococcal Disease page. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends meningitis vaccinations for all unvaccinated college students through age 21, or who are living in a dorm.

Is there anything else I can do ?  Yes .

Do NOT share anything that comes in contact with the mouth, including:

       water bottles

       lip balm

       toothbrushes

       towels

       drinking glasses

       eating utensils

       cosmetics

       smoking materials

       food or drink from common source (e.g., punch bowl)

Do not cough into another person's face. Cough safely into your sleeve or a tissue. Wash or sanitize hands frequently.

Vaccinations are available through your primary care provider. For students covered under SHIP, meningitis vaccinations are 100% covered at Student Health. Students covered under private insurance will need to contact their insurer to determine if they face any cost.

We encourage you to follow ongoing updates from the CDC and other sources:

 http://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/

http://www.novartisvaccines.com/newsroom/princeton-outbreak.shtml
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Thanks hachiban! Yes very serious stuff. My mother had caught it and almost didn't make it.  She became sick after a severe ear infection of all things and wouldn't at first see a doctor. Her temperature shot up very high and we rushed her to the hospital. So you can also easily catch it when you get run down from other illnesses.  The doctors said that she may have even gotten it from the ear infection itself as the ear and sinuses can transfer an infection to the nearby membranes and blood. Take care of illnesses right away. Stay well!
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Originally posted by Littleraven Littleraven wrote:

Thanks hachiban! Yes very serious stuff. My mother had caught it and almost didn't make it.  She became sick after a severe ear infection of all things and wouldn't at first see a doctor. Her temperature shot up very high and we rushed her to the hospital. So you can also easily catch it when you get run down from other illnesses.  The doctors said that she may have even gotten it from the ear infection itself as the ear and sinuses can transfer an infection to the nearby membranes and blood. Take care of illnesses right away. Stay well!


Individuals and their families become sick with ear infections, sinus infections, stomach flu etc. Most people can be, or are already educated (some even better than their quackish doctors) on what medications, including antibiotics and pain medication, that they may need.

The problem is that the medical doctors, don't want to give up the cut they get, for being the all wise, priestly middle man, between you and your antibiotics, etc. People who can, and are willing to be the manager of their own health care, are forced into health care programs, that they are plenty capable of doing on their own, without contacting a doctor.

I know when I am sick with ear and sinus infections, the last thing I want to do is get in my car and attempt to drive when I am not well, and should not be out and about. Having the right medications on hand, in my own home before hand, enables me from contaminating others, and from picking up another form of contamination, which can easily happen, by my forced visit to some medical merchant.

After an attempt to get well without the antibiotics, I am quite confident that I can make a rational decision as to what antibiotic and pain medication would be best to add, to aid my immune system in fighting off the infection. I see no reason to believe that other individuals are not just as capable as I am.

Doctors, nurses and many other individuals, have become time and money wasting curses to the masses of individuals, who desire to be enabled to care for their own health, and the health of their loved ones. These undesired medical middlemen, need to have their life support cut off. They no longer serve a beneficial or practical purpose, and are one of the biggest causes of illness, because they need individuals to infect each other, in order to capitalize off of this backward ideal.

How ignorant to criminalize getting medications without the blessing of a merchant physician.
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Originally posted by Crying Out Loud Crying Out Loud wrote:


Individuals and their families become sick with ear infections, sinus infections, stomach flu etc. Most people can be, or are already educated (some even better than their quackish doctors) on what medications, including antibiotics and pain medication, that they may need.

The problem is that the medical doctors, don't want to give up the cut they get, for being the all wise, priestly middle man, between you and your antibiotics, etc. People who can, and are willing to be the manager of their own health care, are forced into health care programs, that they are plenty capable of doing on their own, without contacting a doctor.

I know when I am sick with ear and sinus infections, the last thing I want to do is get in my car and attempt to drive when I am not well, and should not be out and about. Having the right medications on hand, in my own home before hand, enables me from contaminating others, and from picking up another form of contamination, which can easily happen, by my forced visit to some medical merchant.

After an attempt to get well without the antibiotics, I am quite confident that I can make a rational decision as to what antibiotic and pain medication would be best to add, to aid my immune system in fighting off the infection. I see no reason to believe that other individuals are not just as capable as I am.

Doctors, nurses and many other individuals, have become time and money wasting curses to the masses of individuals, who desire to be enabled to care for their own health, and the health of their loved ones. These undesired medical middlemen, need to have their life support cut off. They no longer serve a beneficial or practical purpose, and are one of the biggest causes of illness, because they need individuals to infect each other, in order to capitalize off of this backward ideal.


So, which antibiotic are you going to take for a staph infection of your skin?

Strep throat?

Ulcers?

Which medication are you going to take for a fungal infection? Tinea? Yeast?

I know why you don't want to see the doctor, they'll want to keep you in a nice "I love me" shirt.

There are reasons that you're not supposed to self medicate yourself with antibiotics. Largest of which is that you have no clue what you're taking! You don't even know what dose you're supposed to take of what medicine! Not to mention that by you keeping a little left over, you made the bacteria you were trying to kill resistant or immune to the antibiotics you took. People like you created MRSA.
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Originally posted by Littleraven Littleraven wrote:

Thanks hachiban! Yes very serious stuff. My mother had caught it and almost didn't make it.  She became sick after a severe ear infection of all things and wouldn't at first see a doctor. Her temperature shot up very high and we rushed her to the hospital. So you can also easily catch it when you get run down from other illnesses.  The doctors said that she may have even gotten it from the ear infection itself as the ear and sinuses can transfer an infection to the nearby membranes and blood. Take care of illnesses right away. Stay well!


You're very much welcome Littleraven, and long time no see. Hope all is well with you. :) I am glad that your mother has recovered. A friend of mine recently had a meningitis scare after suffering from the flu, earlier this month. He's since recovered as well. Well wishes to you and yours.
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 Not to mention that by you keeping a little left over, you made the bacteria you were trying to kill resistant or immune to the antibiotics you took. People like you created MRSA.


This. Too many people do that because they assume that because they feel better, that they don't need to take the antibiotics anymore. Happens all too often these days. :/ Hope you've been well Turbo. Side note: I am looking into doing Firearms safety classes (that's what they're called right?) soon since I am about to graduate. :)
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Originally posted by Turboguy Turboguy wrote:

Originally posted by Crying Out Loud Crying Out Loud wrote:


Individuals and their families become sick with ear infections, sinus infections, stomach flu etc. Most people can be, or are already educated (some even better than their quackish doctors) on what medications, including antibiotics and pain medication, that they may need.

The problem is that the medical doctors, don't want to give up the cut they get, for being the all wise, priestly middle man, between you and your antibiotics, etc. People who can, and are willing to be the manager of their own health care, are forced into health care programs, that they are plenty capable of doing on their own, without contacting a doctor.

I know when I am sick with ear and sinus infections, the last thing I want to do is get in my car and attempt to drive when I am not well, and should not be out and about. Having the right medications on hand, in my own home before hand, enables me from contaminating others, and from picking up another form of contamination, which can easily happen, by my forced visit to some medical merchant.

After an attempt to get well without the antibiotics, I am quite confident that I can make a rational decision as to what antibiotic and pain medication would be best to add, to aid my immune system in fighting off the infection. I see no reason to believe that other individuals are not just as capable as I am.

Doctors, nurses and many other individuals, have become time and money wasting curses to the masses of individuals, who desire to be enabled to care for their own health, and the health of their loved ones. These undesired medical middlemen, need to have their life support cut off. They no longer serve a beneficial or practical purpose, and are one of the biggest causes of illness, because they need individuals to infect each other, in order to capitalize off of this backward ideal.


So, which antibiotic are you going to take for a staph infection of your skin?

Strep throat?

Ulcers?

Which medication are you going to take for a fungal infection? Tinea? Yeast?

I know why you don't want to see the doctor, they'll want to keep you in a nice "I love me" shirt.

There are reasons that you're not supposed to self medicate yourself with antibiotics. Largest of which is that you have no clue what you're taking! You don't even know what dose you're supposed to take of what medicine! Not to mention that by you keeping a little left over, you made the bacteria you were trying to kill resistant or immune to the antibiotics you took. People like you created MRSA.


Yes, I am aware that there are many reasons that an individual of normal intellect is not supposed to be their own Man, and apply their own research, unto their own health care. Number one, is that the entire health care system and the worthless merchants who wrongly gain from it, would sink into the maritime merchant sea, and their wrongly funded ships would sink.

"Look! The health care doctors, nurses, social workers, med management and their buddies, are all cut off. The tide of angry individuals, (who are now aware that they have been held captive by these losers) have cut them all off. I think they are going to drown. Big smile It has  been so long since I have seen a good drowning!" Clap

Also, why over medicate on any medication, when one pill or two will give the natural immune system the boost it needs, to kick into gear? You see, the idea of taking a full course of antibiotics (according to the merchants who want you too buy more of their medications) is not in your best interest. This is why individuals are having problems with antibiotics. Not because individuals have done anything wrong, but instead because merchants who "practice" health studies on them, have been in control.

As far as the average individual having the know how to use these products wisely. I have no reason  to believe that any individual who has been deemed sound of mind enough to sign up for the draft, and go into battle, can get on their smart phone or computer, unless they want to use a book, to look up the products/medications that he or she needs to take for their own positive health care. After all, isn't that what the worthless Doctors and Nurses do, when you pay them undeserved money for their empty services? In fact, many times the consumer/patient advises the Doctor Priest, on what would be the best medication to use. These valueless merchants must be thrown over board, if people want to avoid more pandemics, sickness and financial ruin.

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Originally posted by hachiban08 hachiban08 wrote:

Originally posted by Turboguy Turboguy wrote:


 Not to mention that by you keeping a little left over, you made the bacteria you were trying to kill resistant or immune to the antibiotics you took. People like you created MRSA.


This. Too many people do that because they assume that because they feel better, that they don't need to take the antibiotics anymore. Happens all too often these days. :/ Hope you've been well Turbo. Side note: I am looking into doing Firearms safety classes (that's what they're called right?) soon since I am about to graduate. :)


Yep - I've had quite a few of my patients tell me how they were not feeling well so they took one of the pills the doctor prescribed a while ago. When asked what the medication was, all too often it was part of a course of antibiotics that they stopped taking as soon they felt better, but they keep the rest in the bathroom cabinet and pop one or two when they feel under the weather. Hmmm, wonder why we have so many resistant strains these days? Disapprove
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Originally posted by jacksdad jacksdad wrote:

Originally posted by hachiban08 hachiban08 wrote:

[QUOTE=Turboguy]
 Not to mention that by you keeping a little left over, you made the bacteria you were trying to kill resistant or immune to the antibiotics you took. People like you created MRSA.


This. Too many people do that because they assume that because they feel better, that they don't need to take the antibiotics anymore. Happens all too often these days. :/ Hope you've been well Turbo. Side note: I am looking into doing Firearms safety classes (that's what they're called right?) soon since I am about to graduate. :)


Yep - I've had quite a few of my patients tell me how they were not feeling well so they took one of the pills the doctor prescribed a while ago. When asked what the medication was, all too often it was part of a course of antibiotics that they stopped taking as soon they felt better, but they keep the rest in the bathroom cabinet and pop one or two when they feel under the weather. Hmmm, wonder why we have so many resistant strains these days? Disapprove
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Crying Out Loud responds to this fear mongering with this:

Stop trying to scare intelligent individuals with your Maritime Scare Tactics and Bully Infested Lies! Now, go take a full course of antibiotics and get a nasty case of candida.

The Court has decided that you are not sane enough to be in charge of your own medical care. No! You can not have a perscription for nizoral to fight off that extreme imbalance of good bacteria in your dying carcass. The medical priests do not have enough faith that this will bring you back to a sane condition. I guess you will have to be euthanized.Shocked
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Well then, jacksdad responds with this:

I'll take a minor fungal infection over a potentially serious bacterial one every time, especially as I've never experienced candida overgrowth following treatment with antibiotics. So.....

Originally posted by Crying Out Loud Crying Out Loud wrote:

I guess you will have to be euthanized. Shocked

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Crying out loud, your comments on this site are generally ridiculous. You appear to be living in some sort of la la land. Your comments are often offensive, almost always paranoid and the message that I read from them is that you don't have a full grasp on reality. 

Can't you find a different site to rant on? I'm genuinely bored of reading your nonsense and I normally avoid your contributions because I have more important things to do with my time. I would like the site to ban you because I think you are belittling other peoples concerns and you are certainly ruining any discussion that you join.

I wish you no ill feeling, I just think you are just stark raving mad and don't belong here.
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Originally posted by KiwiMum KiwiMum wrote:

Crying out loud, your comments on this site are generally ridiculous. You appear to be living in some sort of la la land. Your comments are often offensive, almost always paranoid and the message that I read from them is that you don't have a full grasp on reality. 

Can't you find a different site to rant on? I'm genuinely bored of reading your nonsense and I normally avoid your contributions because I have more important things to do with my time. I would like the site to ban you because I think you are belittling other peoples concerns and you are certainly ruining any discussion that you join.

I wish you no ill feeling, I just think you are just stark raving mad and don't belong here.


Crying Out Loud responds to Kiwimum with this:

When my comments are ridiculous, or over the top as you might say, this means that I am using exageration in an attempt to make a point.

The land I presently live on, has been over run with unjustified domination, lack of respect for that which should be respected, and adoration for that which should be annihilated. I have recognized this problem from the time I was a young child, even though I did not have knowledge or experience at that time to back up what I was feeling, seeing and being terrorized by. Now, I am of mature enough mind to actually put into writing that which I find so very wrong.

As far as what I write being offensive to you. If you have no desire to make a reasonable attempt to... at least comprehend me... then it is far less work on the part of your intellect... to merely castigate me and find blame...become offended and demand that I be silenced and censored. Claiming that I am paranoid, and therefore my remarks must exhibit that of an irrational mind.

You claim that I do not have a full grip on reality. This is something that you will have to give evidence of; to the contrary of what I claim, in order for it to hold any truth. I do not pretend to have knowledge of all people, places and things. In fact, to be true to my self, I only have my very limited experiences, and what I have been told from others that I trust, that can hold any form of truth or rationality in my mind. All other sources, to me, must be questioned.

That does not mean, that I have any right to call into question your experiences, merely because they are outside the small window, which makes up what I call my own personal experiences...thus my reality. How can I say that you do not have a full grip on reality; when I have not entered your mind, body, spirit and soul. I try to comprehend and have empathy, however, I can not be equal to you in your exact feelings and outcomes to what you have gone through. Does this mean that you are paranoid? No, it merely means that I have no understanding or experience inside your "personal" and very unique world.

Because you have chosen to allow my so called rants to offend you, maybe it would be in your best interest not to come to Avian Flu Talk. There must be a forum outside of this one that would be more in line with your shallow intellect. I promise that I will not follow or stalk you...and...by leaving this site...you will not feel so upstaged by my intellectualism and wit...which is a complete contrast to your boring posts.SleepyAlthough, in truth I do find them somewhat sweet at certain times.Wink

If this forum  wants to kick my carcass out, the moderators will do what they desire to do. No harm done either way. You see, one of my strongest convictions is that everyone has the right to hate another individual. They have the right to hate them with great passion if they so desire. Not physically, but by distancing and complete abandonment, if it gives them peace of body, mind, spirit and soul.

Unless ones mind is being held captive, and mastered by the will of another, they cannot be forced to love another individual. The outward manifestations or words may be opposite to the real feelings on fire, inside that individual. That does not mean that there are any true devotions to the one who has made him or herself, the master over the life of another or other individuals. If all beings are free to hate and love who and what they will, this form of honesty would cause a huge change in the world.

Kiwimum, I will not attempt to force another individual to respect me. If you want to get angry at me, then have at it. Curse me. Yell at me. Demand my bannishment. I know if I give this unalienable right to another, I have also secured that right to me. Therefore, I do not have to love anyone I choose not to love. I can choose my family, friends and allies very carefully, or choose none at all. I can feel redeemed in my intense and powerful hate, and made whole and sound in my true and genuine love of my own self respect. I wish the same for you.
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Well, I hope the FDA approves the vaccine from Europe for Strain B. I have a kid in college and I would give it to him no matter the cost!

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Originally posted by Crying Out Loud Crying Out Loud wrote:

...Because you have chosen to allow my so called rants to offend you, maybe it would be in your best interest not to come to Avian Flu Talk. There must be a forum outside of this one that would be more in line with your shallow intellect. I promise that I will not follow or stalk you...and...by leaving this site...you will not feel so upstaged by my intellectualism and wit...which is a complete contrast to your boring posts....



In my opinion, KiwiMum is one of our most valued members, and is without a doubt one of the most experienced people we've ever had on AFT with regards to living a self sufficient lifestyle. Her experience and knowledge have provided a better insight into successfully surviving off the grid than anything I've seen in the six years since I became a member, not only because of the wealth of experience she's gained from actually living the life, but she's also extremely intelligent and very well read.
Crying Out Loud - as eloquent as your posts are (and whatever else they may be, they are definitely well written), I've yet to see anything that comes close to being as useful, relevant or informative as KiwiMum's many contributions. You can take that as an insult, challenge - whatever you wish.
Feel free to come back at me with something witty, pithy and ultimately self serving because at this point I really wouldn't expect anything else. Your turn.


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Jacksdad, thanks for your support I really appreciate it. 

Crying out loud, I haven't read you reply and I don't intend to. After I had posted that comment I was thinking about you as I churned some butter this evening and found the perfect example to liken to your behaviour/comments: it's like when you are invited out to a friends house, and you're all sitting around with good food and nice wine and good company, but they have a precocious, obnoxious child who dominates the conversation and won't let up. All the adults are smiling through gritted teeth saying "isn't she sweet?" when all of them are actually thinking "please shut up and go away and let the adults have some real conversation".

You are dominating conversations here and steering them off topic with irrelevant and unnecessary comments. 
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Originally posted by FluMom FluMom wrote:

Well, I hope the FDA approves the vaccine from Europe for Strain B. I have a kid in college and I would give it to him no matter the cost!



Yea, two of the three UC Santa Barbara cases, according to their student health centre, wouldn't have been prevented with our current vaccine here. Not quite sure why my UC is saying to get the current vaccine for it, if it didn't even help (Maybe for type A cases). Perhaps the European one would help though.

I remember Jacksdad and Elver saying something about Type A flu is worse than Type B ( I hope I didn't mix that up). Is that always going to by the case with other ailments?
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Jacksdad, thanks for your support I really appreciate it. 

Crying out loud, I haven't read you reply and I don't intend to. After I had posted that comment I was thinking about you as I churned some butter this evening and found the perfect example to liken to your behaviour/comments: it's like when you are invited out to a friends house, and you're all sitting around with good food and nice wine and good company, but they have a precocious, obnoxious child who dominates the conversation and won't let up. All the adults are smiling through gritted teeth saying "isn't she sweet?" when all of them are actually thinking "please shut up and go away and let the adults have some real conversation".

You are dominating conversations here and steering them off topic with irrelevant and unnecessary comments. 


I'd like to second the motion!
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Originally posted by arirish arirish wrote:

Originally posted by KiwiMum KiwiMum wrote:

Jacksdad, thanks for your support I really appreciate it. 

Crying out loud, I haven't read you reply and I don't intend to. After I had posted that comment I was thinking about you as I churned some butter this evening and found the perfect example to liken to your behaviour/comments: it's like when you are invited out to a friends house, and you're all sitting around with good food and nice wine and good company, but they have a precocious, obnoxious child who dominates the conversation and won't let up. All the adults are smiling through gritted teeth saying "isn't she sweet?" when all of them are actually thinking "please shut up and go away and let the adults have some real conversation".

You are dominating conversations here and steering them off topic with irrelevant and unnecessary comments. 



I'd like to second the motion!





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Hachiban, back to meningitis, I believe one of the first signs of meningitis is a red rash, and can be identified quickly because, unlike any other rash, this one does not disappear when you press it. 

So if you see even one red spot appear, you press it with the side of a drinking glass. If it is any other illness, the spot will disappear, if it's meningitis, it will stay red and highly visible. Should you find any of these spots, you need to get to a doctor asap. Even an hours delay can mean the difference between surviving and not, and with meningitis, many people lose limbs.  I hope you never need to do the glass test but it was shown to me by a doctor when my children were babies. 
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KiwiMum- Thank you for this information! My youngest son is in college and this disease is designed to attack youth who think they are invincible! It spreads through casual contact and kills within days of symptoms.   
Kyle- COL reminds me of Aurora who I simply ignored! If everyone would i think they would go away. They are a little narcissistic and try to push peoples buttons to draw attention to themselves.


Hachiban- Be careful out there!

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Meningococcal meningitis prevention programs for college students: a review of the literature.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:

The incidence of meningococcal meningitis in college students is higher than in other populations. College students, especially 1st-year students living in dormitories or residence halls, are among those at highest risk of developing the disease. It is estimated that immunization can prevent up to 83% of cases among adolescents and college students. A review of the literature was undertaken to identify and critique the research-based prevention programs that are focused on college students.
METHOD:

An extensive search of the Cochrane Database of systematic reviews, Medline, PubMed, and CINAHL was undertaken. The Journal of American College Health was hand searched, and bibliographies were reviewed for studies not otherwise identified. Four publications met the search criteria. These studies were reviewed and graded for level of evidence.
FINDINGS:

One study could not be compared with the other three because of its lack of detail. Of the other three studies, two were descriptive and factors were identified that related to vaccination and nonvaccination in the college student population (both Evidence Grade C). Only one study was described that included an educational intervention, which resulted in increased vaccination rates in a college student population (Evidence Grade B).
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:

The published literature is severely limited in the area of meningococcal meningitis prevention programs in the at-risk college student population. A critical need exists for controlled studies to test the interventions that are most effective in this population as well as broader-based studies to further identify those students at increased risk for the disease as well as for nonvaccination.   
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Thanks for the tip, Kiwimum :) I'll try Arirish!


Princeton to offer meningitis B vaccine to 6,000


http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/ap/princeton-to-offer-meningitis-b-vaccine-to-6-000

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — A meningitis vaccine not yet licensed for use in the U.S. will be made available to nearly 6,000 students starting Dec. 9 at Princeton University, which had previously said it was considering the move.

The Ivy League school has experienced an outbreak of type B meningococcal disease, which is sometimes life-threatening. Since March, seven Princeton students and one student visitor have been stricken by the bacterial illness.

Princeton said Tuesday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now officially recommended that the new vaccine go to all undergraduate students; graduate students living in dorms; the Graduate College and annexes; and employees with certain medical conditions.

The first dose will be available Dec. 9 through 12, and the second dose in February. The CDC says two doses are needed for maximum protection.

Under New Jersey law, students who live in dorms must have vaccinations against other strains of meningitis, but a different type is needed for the B strain of the illness.

The vaccine to be given at Princeton is licensed for use in Europe and Australia but not in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration is allowing its use at Princeton.

The university said the school's more than 5,200 undergraduate students, and more than 500 graduate students living in dorms, are covered by the recommendation. The CDC said it will be important to get as many students vaccinated as possible to help stop the outbreak, though vaccinations are voluntary.

Meningitis can be spread through kissing, coughing or lengthy contact.

The disease causes swelling of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It's fairly rare in the United States, but those who get it develop symptoms quickly and can die in a couple of days. Survivors can suffer mental disabilities, hearing loss and paralysis.


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If you google glass test for meningitis you'll get a page with photos that shows you how the spots look under pressure. Good luck.
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Cal State Long Beach student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis


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LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A California State University, Long Beach student has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, officials with the university confirmed Tuesday.

The student lives off campus. The Health Department says it has already identified people who may have been in contact with the infected student. Those people are being tested.

Long Beach is not the only college campus to encounter a meningitis scare. UC Santa Barbara is investigating three cases of students who were diagnosed with the bacterial infection, and Princeton University has seen seven people come down with the illness since March.

As a result, Princeton decided to allow students and employees to take a vaccine that has not been approved in the U.S. The vaccine has been approved for use in Europe and Australia. The vaccine will be available to the campus Dec. 9.

Meningitis is a fairly rare illness in the U.S., but those who catch it develop symptoms quickly and can die in a couple of days. Survivors can suffer mental disabilities, hearing loss and paralysis.

Meningitis causes swelling of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms can include fever, headache, a rash, body aches and nausea. Meningitis can be spread through kissing, coughing or lengthy contact.




It's getting closer down southern CA... and thanks for the tips, Kiwimum
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Originally posted by hachiban08 hachiban08 wrote:

I remember Jacksdad and Elver saying something about Type A flu is worse than Type B ( I hope I didn't mix that up). 


Sorry Hachiban - I was going to reply to this sooner but my tablet keeps logging me off before I can post.
Generally speaking, while it's type A that causes more problems (all recent pandemics have been A influenzas), type B influenza does have the potential to cause serious illness too. It is considered enough of a risk that the annual flu vaccine is formulated for two type A strains and one type B (a so-called trivalent vaccine) which isn't optimal as there are usually a couple of strains of B influenza circulating, forcing the experts to choose which they think might pose the greatest threat. This year however, some of the annual vaccine was a quadrivalent variety designed to protect against four viruses - two type As and two type Bs.



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Originally posted by jacksdad jacksdad wrote:

Originally posted by hachiban08 hachiban08 wrote:

I remember Jacksdad and Elver saying something about Type A flu is worse than Type B ( I hope I didn't mix that up). 


Sorry Hachiban - I was going to reply to this sooner but my tablet keeps logging me off before I can post.
Generally speaking, while it's type A that causes more problems (all recent pandemics have been A influenzas), type B influenza does have the potential to cause serious illness too. It is considered enough of a risk that the annual flu vaccine is formulated for two type A strains and one type B (a so-called trivalent vaccine) which isn't optimal as there are usually a couple of strains of B influenza circulating, forcing the experts to choose which they think might pose the greatest threat. This year however, some of the annual vaccine was a quadrivalent variety designed to protect against four viruses - two type As and two type Bs.





Thanks for the reply, Jacksdad. I have a tablet too (Nexus 7 Gen 1) so I know what you mean about that. Sometimes it makes my replies weird too. Does this Type A/Type B varying degree of problems carry over into other illnesses? Like the whole Meningitis thing? Or is it an influenza only concept?
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I know in the case of meningitis you can have bacterial, viral and fungal forms. Bacterial meningitis is the most dangerous because it progresses faster, and the after effects in survivors can be more severe (brain damage, amputations, etc). It can kill in hours and needs to be treated as soon as symptoms are noted.
Viral meningitis progresses slower and doesn't carry the same risks, but it's still an emergency situation.
Fungal is rare, and I have personal experience of this one as my father in law contracted it about fifteen years ago. He was a landscaper and contracted valley fever (Coccidioidomycosis) from fungal spores carried on dust particles. It went from a respiratory infection to meningitis, and he got really sick before he was diagnosed (it's not something that's usually tested for, and the testing can't be done at every hospital). He's fine now, but it took a long time and some pretty heavy duty meds to get it under control.
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Ah, yeah the bacterial one is the kind that has been hitting the schools around here: UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State. It makes me assume that bacterial is the most common one. When my friend had the scare, earlier this month, I think they assumed he had the bacterial kind because they kept him overnight for observation. I grew up in the Central Valley of California, and only just recently heard of valley fever. Is that something only non locals get or is it just asymptomatic in locals due to prolonged exposure? Yup, it helps, thanks again :) Also, Happy Thanksgiving!
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Valley fever is on the rise and turning up in more places because of drought conditions in the west. Check out the link below - it seems there was a 900% increase in cases in the three years after 1998. I used to be an EMT, and not longer after my father in law was diagnosed I had to transport someone to physical rehab who'd caught the same fungal form of meningitis. He was pretty much unresponsive and destined to be bedridden for life because of the damage the fungus had done to his nervous system. Really nasty disease and hard to treat.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-contributing-to-the-spread-of-valley-fever/
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Reading the article makes it seem like Valley Fever never actually goes away since it said the wine maker has had it for 10 years. That's scary. I thought there were still prisons in the San Joaquin Valley (that's the part of the Central Valley I'm from).
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Individuals and their families become sick with ear infections, sinus infections, stomach flu etc. Most people can be, or are already educated (some even better than their quackish doctors) on what medications, including antibiotics and pain medication, that they may need.

The problem is that the medical doctors, don't want to give up the cut they get, for being the all wise, priestly middle man, between you and your antibiotics, etc. People who can, and are willing to be the manager of their own health care, are forced into health care programs, that they are plenty capable of doing on their own, without contacting a doctor.


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Comment: Over the years in writing and also speaking, I have tried to get away from sweeping generalizations and the words always and never,  like the plague. As individuals and their bodies and predisposition to side effects as well as the benefits of certain medicines especially antibiotics, vary considerably. All doctors are different. You can choose your doctor - at least we were able to once. Perhaps soon we won't have any choice at all.

Yet there are two camps which have basically emerged and polarized over the years.  One is the hard core medical establishment's doctrine that any sort of self treatment aside from OTC drugs is frowned upon.  They often are unaware or uneducated in the use of herbs, vitamins, or naturopathy http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/naturopathy which provides solutions outside the medical practice.

Only 25% of the medical schools offer the minimum 25 hours of instruction in nutrition. As a result on a whole, most (most) doctors know very little about nutrition,unless they personally study it themselves.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/what-doctors-dont-know-about-nutrition/?_r=0

After an attempt to get well without the antibiotics, I am quite confident that I can make a rational decision as to what antibiotic and pain medication would be best to add, to aid my immune system in fighting off the infection. I see no reason to believe that other individuals are not just as capable as I am.


The flaw in this is that no matter how much education you have, you must have enough in nutrtion to truly understand. I took 4 semesters of Nutrition and 3 semesters of Pharmacology for  pre-med in college. Still with all the new things and treatments, it is a daily process to keep up with drugs and medicine.

Doctors, nurses and many other individuals, have become time and money wasting curses to the masses of individuals, who desire to be enabled to care for their own health, and the health of their loved ones.

They aren't curses. The volume of knowledge necessary to give adequate health care is beyond the ability of an individual any more with the vast amount of drug interactions and reflex prescriptions data taught in medical schools. Most don't really think about it, and whip off a list of drugs rather than give vitamin C or B vitamins for a patient.


There are reasons that you're not supposed to self medicate yourself with antibiotics. Largest of which is that you have no clue what you're taking! You don't even know what dose you're supposed to take of what medicine!

While I would not advocate the self prescription or excess use of antibiotics, a twelve-year-old can look up and figure out a dose. I did at twelve to check on several wrong doses given to me by doctors. One of them was a lethal dose and could have killed me. The question is how qualified are the teachers that teach pre-med and in medical schools?

Some students are smarter than their professors. Several nationwide surveys have shown that in some tests, up to 50% percent would-be teachers, fail competency tests for basic knowledge they need to teach their subject.  Some would-be teachers are allowed to miss 40% of the questions and still are allowed into schools. It would probably be very disturbing if the teachers already in place were given tests to demonstrate  their competency  in their field.

Conclusion: With a great number of doctors receiving less than 25 hours of nutrition instruction, how can they possibly use any form of alternate medicine instead of massive numbers of drugs which has have  dozens or even hundreds of side effects, intelligently?

It is often not the concern that the antibiotic will be made worthless by overuse sometimes. It is the concern that the VIPs who can pay big money will not be able to get treatment when they need it.

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Originally posted by hachiban08 hachiban08 wrote:

Reading the article makes it seem like Valley Fever never actually goes away since it said the wine maker has had it for 10 years. That's scary. I thought there were still prisons in the San Joaquin Valley (that's the part of the Central Valley I'm from).


Yep, I guess it's been around for a while. When I think about it, my father in law contracted it back around 1996, and we're down in SoCal.

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/09/01/3195946/inmates-fearful-of-illness-at2.html
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Meningitis Outbreak at UC Santa Barbara



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A fourth student at the University of California Santa Barbara has come down with a strain of meningitis similar to the one that sickened eight Princeton University students in New Jersey, authorities said.

The California students began getting sick about three weeks ago, according to a university statement. One student had to have both legs amputated, ABC News has learned.

"He's from my hometown. I hope he is doing well," said David Burkow, another student. "It's just kind of scary because there is a constant fear."

Read about the Princeton University meningitis outbreak.

The California school has suspended social events, including sorority and fraternity parties, to avoid transmission, according to the university statement on Monday.

Fraternity member Jared Dinges said he has a few "rules of thumb" for steering clear of the rare and potentially deadly disease.

"Just don't share bottles," he said. "Try to avoid kissing new girls -- things like that. Just be safe."

The school has already handed out antibiotics to those who were close to the four sick students.

A similar rare strain of meningitis -- meningococcal type B – has already infected eight undergraduate students at Princeton University on the other side of the country since last March. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says they are not connected because the diseases do not have the same "fingerprint."

"Just getting calls from your parents and relatives asking what's going on, it's a little bit scary," Princeton student Maddy Russell told Good Morning America a few weeks ago.

There is no vaccine for Princeton's meningitis strain approved in the United States, but the Food and Drug Administration has approved importing an domestically unapproved vaccine for the Ivy League students. It is approved in Australia and Europe, but not in the United States. The school is expected to offer 6,000 doses on Dec. 9.

Meningitis symptoms feel a lot like the flu, with a fever and body pains, but a stiff neck is the telltale sign that the illness is much more serious, said Dr. Richard Besser, chief health and medical editor for ABC News.

Without rapid treatment, about 10 percent of those infected could die, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Patients who survive risk permanent brain and hearing damage.

The bacterium that causes meningitis lives in the nose, but most people don't get sick, Besser noted. Close contact -- such as living in a dorm -- can spread it.

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It's finally happened, someone at my school had Bacterial Meningitis. We just entered finals week too. Update: not the rare form.


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