Re: Meningitis

From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Dec 30 11:13:51 2003


would recommend vaccination.

art

At Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote: >
>We have had a rather *interesting* & sobering week here in SW NH - four
>cases of meningococcal meningitis of 15-18 yo's with one death. She was
>found unresponsive by her parents on Christmas day.
>
>At the pre-college gyn exam many of my teens come in - to renew their
>OCPs before college - I almost always talk with her about never putting
>down her cup at a party - don't drink from anyone else's and don't
>borrow tooth brushes etc. I have recommended the above to help prevent
>the slipping of date rape drugs and for the meningitis.
>
>I have a friend who is a college doc (Amherst College and U Mass -
>Amherst) who gets a few cases most years - usually after teh beer bashes
>and shared cups - picking up cups off the flor when cups run out etc.
>
>Do any of you have othere things in particular you tell these young
>women?
>
>Joanne
>
>--
>Joanne Bulley, MD
>Keene, NH, USA
>
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>

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art fougner, md
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