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Published Date: 11 October 2008
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to remind Edinburgh students of the dangers of meningitis.
Timed to coincide with the start of the academic year, the Know the Signs drive will warn young people to be aware of symptoms before it is too late.

Students are thought to be particularly vulnerable because they often share flats with large numbers of people.

A series of adverts and leaflet drops will also take place, Health Protection Scotland said.





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  • Last Updated: 11 October 2008 11:21 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Jenny100,

EDINBURGH 11/10/2008 20:06:18
Should this article not provide some sort of link to the campaign? Or at least list what signs to look for?
2

Robbie Coleman,

Meningitis Research Foundation, Edinburgh 13/10/2008 17:24:56
The symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia in Students are multiple, but not everyone gets all of them.

Meningitis and septicaemia can present alone or together.

There are 3 Early Warning Symptoms of septicaemia:
Cold hands and feet
Pale or mottled skin
Severe limb pain or pain in joints or muscles.

Other symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia include:
Fever, Throwing up repeatedly, Shivering, Rapid breathing, Thirst, Stomach pain (sometimes with diarrhoea), severe headache, Stiff neck, dislike of bright lights.

Severe late symptoms are:
RASH (That does not fade when pressed with a glass tumbler)
DIFFICULTY WALKING OR STANDING
SEVERE SLEEPYNESS, LOSING CONCIOUSNESS
SEIZURES

The disease can mimic a flu or hangover in the early stages. It is very important to register with a GP close to your halls when you reach university.

It is also important to look out for each other and phone a doctor for someone who is ill, checking on them regularly to see if their condition deteriorates. If a fellow student has a rash and is unwell they will need to be taken to hospital urgently.

Meningitis Research Foundation:
Freefone 24 hour helpline 080 8800 3344
www.meningitis.org

Campaign link:
http://www.healthscotland.com/topics/immunisation/meningitis.aspx

 

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