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What is Meningitis? And it is Compulsory

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Topic: What is Meningitis? And it is Compulsory

Posted By: Makkahtour
Subject: What is Meningitis? And it is Compulsory
Date Posted: 12 March 2015 at 6:41am

Auslamo Alikum brothers and sisters!

I am going for Umrah in this month, so let me know what is Meningitis? and it is compulsory for Umrah now?

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Posted By: Tim the plumber
Date Posted: 13 March 2015 at 7:23am

Meningitis (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek - Greek μῆνιγξ m�ninx, "membrane"^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis#cite_note-1 - [1]} and the medical suffix -itis, "inflammation") is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_%28medical%29 - acute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammation - inflammation of the protective membranes covering the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain - brain and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord - spinal cord , known collectively as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meninges - meninges .^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis#cite_note-Lancet-2 - [2]} The inflammation may be caused by infection with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus - viruses , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria - bacteria , or other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism - microorganisms , and less commonly by certain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication - drugs .^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis#cite_note-Ginsberg-3 - [3]} Meningitis can be life-threatening because of the inflammation's proximity to the brain and spinal cord; therefore, the condition is classified as a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_emergency - medical emergency .^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis#cite_note-Lancet-2 - [2]}^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis#cite_note-IDSA-4 - [4]}

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