Children, babies and young adults are most ... as blood supply is restricted and the skin whitens. But meningitis rashes occur when blood starts to leak into the skin. This means that even as ...

A mom and dad in England are raising awareness of meningitis — and raising money in their 4-year-old son's honor — after the ...

Does the disease always bring on a dark purple rash? No. Only certain ... Get all the meningitis vaccines your doctor recommends for you or your child. Kids can get their first dose starting ...

Meningitis rashes can look very different from person ... The haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine is given to infants and children, and the pneumococcal and meningococcal vaccines can ...

The parents of a "miracle boy" who died suddenly from a rare form of meningitis have said they are working to raise awareness of the disease. Four-year-old Jaxon Knowles died in Rotherham Hospital on ...

Meningitis is caused by germs that can do just ... Bleeding under the skin can look like a rash. Things become most serious when the bacteria crosses the blood-brain barrier.

It is usually older people or young children who are affected ... Without immediate treatment, meningitis can cause permanent damage. Rashes usually appear in the later stages of meningitis and ...

In the hospital, doctors and nurses worked hard on Jaxon as his rash continued to get ... Our last chance of having kids' "There were no symptoms of meningitis. He was our miracle baby and our ...

Viral infections are the most common cause of meningitis, followed by bacterial infections and, rarely, fungal and parasitic infections.