{"id":30317,"date":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/number-1-meningococcal-sign-to-look-for-in-a-toddler\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","slug":"number-1-meningococcal-sign-to-look-for-in-a-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/number-1-meningococcal-sign-to-look-for-in-a-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"The #1 meningococcal sign to look for in a toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>One of the clearest signals of meningococcal is a parent\u2019s instinct that something is wrong with their child, says a professor of vaccinology.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SCROLL DOWN FOR INFORMATION VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think parents are often the best judge when their child\u2019s just not right,\u201d Professor Helen Marshall from Adelaide Uni tells Leon Byner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf their child is flat, is not eating and drinking and not interacting, that\u2019s really when you become very concerned about this being a serious infection that needs to be reviewed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said any parent whose child didn\u2019t seem right and was showing meningococcal symptoms &#8212; fever, rash, vomiting &#8212; should immediately have their child reviewed.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/293396257&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Four cases of meningococcal have been diagnosed in SA this week, bringing the state\u2019s total for the year to 25.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Marshall said there \u201ca couple of risk factors\u201d for infection\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeningococcal infection sometimes follows influenza viral infections. That partly explains why we see an increase in cases over the winter, spring time of year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sooner you can provide the antibiotics\u2026 often the better the outcome, but even then that can be unpredictable as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just one of those infections\u2026 very difficult to predict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said in some ways the disease is still a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite a proportion of adolescents carry the bacteria but they often carry the types that are not associated with disease, but then they can transmit the hyper-virulent types between each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven then we don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to get the disease, and that\u2019s the real mystery part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meningococcal.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Meningococcal Australia<\/strong><\/a> has developed a sketch animation video which outlines the key signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease and what you should do if you suspect a family member has symptoms &#8212; \u201cKnow, Check, Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/98115346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Find the video here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>OR WATCH BELOW:<\/h3>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/who-s-next-up-if-weatherill-goes-down\"><strong>DAVID PENBERTHY &#8212; WHO\u2019S NEXT UP IF WEATHERILL GOES DOWN?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/afl-s-brownlow-no-brainer\"><strong>AFL\u2019S BROWNLOW \u201cNO-BRAINER\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the clearest signals of meningococcal is a parent\u2019s instinct that something is wrong with their child, says a professor of vaccinology. 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