{"id":9785,"date":"2019-09-25T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liceaga.facmed.unam.mx\/revistas\/masalud\/?p=9785"},"modified":"2025-09-26T17:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:46:02","slug":"meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massalud.facmed.unam.mx\/index.php\/meningitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meningitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00bb1&#8243; _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4&#8243; _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;][et_pb_code _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wOtukS41qx4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb3.24&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la meningitis?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nuestro cerebro est\u00e1 envuelto por un tejido de tres capas llamadas meninges (duramadre, piamadre y aracnoides), que tienen la funci\u00f3n de protegerlo. Cuando este tejido se ve afectado por alg\u00fan factor infeccioso, autoinmune o neopl\u00e1sico, se inflama generando severos riesgos y da\u00f1os al sistema nervioso central.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">La causa de la meningitis por infecci\u00f3n puede ser viral, bacteriana, mic\u00f3tica, micobacteriana, asc\u00e9ptica o por causa de enfermedades autoinmunes como el lupus; y neopl\u00e1sica cuando es generada por alg\u00fan c\u00e1ncer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Los s\u00edntomas generales son rigidez de la nunca, fuerte dolor de cabeza o cefalea, agitaci\u00f3n psicomotriz, fiebre y el paciente puede llegar a convulsionar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">En casos de meningitis viral o bacteriana en infantes, puede presentarse irritabilidad, v\u00f3mito y s\u00edntomas gastrointestinales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">En los adultos se presenta claramente una desorientaci\u00f3n y tambi\u00e9n es posible la confusi\u00f3n y falta me memoria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Para realizar el diagn\u00f3stico, inicialmente se hace uso de la tomograf\u00eda computada, misma que dictamina si es posible hacerle o no la punci\u00f3n lumbar al paciente. Esta punci\u00f3n depende de que no presente hipertensi\u00f3n endocraneana y consiste en la obtenci\u00f3n de l\u00edquido encefalorraqu\u00eddeo para realizar cultivos por medio de la tinci\u00f3n de Gram; de esta manera se puede determinar si la inflamaci\u00f3n es de origen bacteriano, mic\u00f3tico o micobacteriano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Por otro lado, el estudio de Reacci\u00f3n de la Cadena de la Polimerasa (PCR) se realiza para identificar si la infecci\u00f3n es ocasionada por un virus; mientras que el estudio de Adenosina Desaminasa es \u00fatil en caso de cuyo origen sea una micobacteria como la causante de la tuberculosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Es muy importante tratar la meningitis de manera inmediata y lo m\u00e1s pronto posible, ya que esta afecci\u00f3n puede generar graves secuelas tanto neurol\u00f3gicas como motoras, p\u00e9rdida de memoria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Para su prevenci\u00f3n se ha mostrado eficiencia con la vacuna contra haemophilus influenzae en los casos en que se puede generar por infecci\u00f3n viral, as\u00ed como la vacuna contra tuberculosis que se aplica en los infantes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con informaci\u00f3n del Dr. Sergio Alberto Mendoza, Profesor de Posgrado de la Facultad de Medicina, UNAM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la meningitis? &nbsp; Nuestro cerebro est\u00e1 envuelto por un tejido de tres capas llamadas meninges (duramadre, piamadre y aracnoides), que tienen la funci\u00f3n de protegerlo. 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