Meningitis 'link' to poor housing
Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:23 PM EST
... Children in overcrowded housing are up to 10 times more likely to contract meningitis, a report reveals. ...
Related Topics
- Housing
- Link Exchange
- Meningitis
- Poor Nutrition
- Community Development
- Underserved
- Encephalitis and Meningitis
- Poor color vision
- Poor oxygen to the heart
- Poor blood flow to the brain
- Poor nutrition because vitamins aren't absorbed properly
- Fatigue and shortness of breath (if poor heart function isn't treated)
- Poor blood sugar control due to nausea and vomiting
- Low self-esteem resulting from poor ability at sports and teasing by other children
- Meningitis - tuberculous
- Aseptic meningitis
- Meningitis - meningococcal
- Meningitis - H. influenzae
- Meningitis - pneumococcal
- Meningitis - cryptococcal

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