Who is prone to meningitis?

Findings from the study in Denmark show that congenital deaf children are five times more likely to develop meningitis than other children .

Researchers conducted surveys and interviewed all parents who gave birth in 1995-2004. Of the 663,963 children participating in the study, 39 were born deaf and five with meningitis were all in the deaf group.

Dr. Erik T. Parner, University of Aarhus (Sweden) and colleagues said: 'This is the first study of the risk of meningitis in deaf children. If deaf children are at risk of meningitis, their parents and caregivers should always monitor them and take them to the hospital as soon as there are suspicious signs. '

The risk of meningitis is also very high in children with cochlear implants.

Meningitis is a rare disease but a disease with a very high mortality rate due to swollen inner lining of the brain covering the surface of the brain and along the spine. It is the cause of bleeding in the brain, memory loss, deafness and death for anyone who is sick.