“Meningococcal meningitis is a rare but serious bacterial infection.  Meningococcal, serious illness caused by a bacteria (Neisseria meningitidis). It can cause meningitis, which is an infection of the brain and spinal cord, and it can also cause blood infections. It causes the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord to become inflamed. Each year, approximately 1,000 people in the U.S. get meningococcal disease, which includes meningitis and septicemia (blood infection).

Meningococcal meningitis can be fatal or cause great harm without prompt treatment; as many as one out of five people who contract the infection have serious complications. According to the Centers for Disease Control, even with antibiotics, 10 to 15% of those infected will die and about 1 in 5 of those who survive are left with long-term disabilities that include deafness, brain damage, neurological problems, and even loss of a limb.  There is a way to prevent it.” (which will be discussed tomorrow on our blog).

NMA – National Meningitis Association

“A brain injury is any occurrence that causes damage to your brain. The scope of what qualifies as a brain injury is fairly large. Brain injury can be anything from a mild concussion to traumatic brain injury, also known as craniocerebral trauma. Mild traumatic brain injury may affect your brain cells temporarily. More-serious traumatic brain injury can result in bruising, torn tissues, bleeding and other physical damage to the brain. These injuries can result in long-term complications or death (like bullet, shattered piece of skull, .

Not all brain injury results in TBI. In fact, some low-grade concussions may heal just fine on their own but any head hit or injury have checked by MD or ER.”

MAYO CLINIC

“National Brain Injury Awareness Month! Every year the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) proudly leads Americans throughout Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for this year is #ChangeYourMind. And its goal is to:

• Help de-stigmatize brain injury in the community,
• Share the stories of those who are living with brain injuries, and those that care for them,
• And spread awareness of the ways people living with brain injuries can receive support.”

BrainForest (brainforest.com)