Meningitis - How to Treat?

Neonatal Meningitis

My son was 20 days when he had fever. I neglected that for 1 day and 2 nights by giving him Calpol, but then I took him to doc, who said as he is very small {smaller than 3 months} his antibiotic level is very low, so need to be given I, V, so should be hospitalised. I was shocked.

Then on the 3rd day of fever we admitted him to hospital. There the doctors waited for 1 day, and then started to give antibiotic injection through the vein. to ensure that the brain is not affected by the fever, they took water from the spinal chord, and then they said it is also infected in a small percentage. The doctors said 21 days of antibiotics should be given.{both on morning and evening, twice daily} then the doctors asked us to go for eye testing {Narayana Nethralaya} and ear testing {Dr. Chandrashekar Institute of speech and learning}. If the baby has not been hospitalised at the right time, many problems like ear problem, speech problem, fits may occur.

While searching for the detailed information about meningitis I got a very informative site - pediatriconcall.com where I found all needed information about  meningitis including it's symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. This site also provides thorough nformation about other diseases also.

The reference link that you all can follow is :
http://pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/Diseases_a_z/article.aspx?artid=192

It is easy to confuse the symptoms of meningitis with flu - but meningitis can kill in hours if it remains untreated. So if any of the meningitis symptoms occur, please ask your paediatricican or GP for correct advice.