and confusion on vaccine

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It is my understanding adults should have the pneumonia vaccine for

meningitis because adults who become ill with pneumonia are

susceptible to acquiring meningitis from the illness. It's a

bacterial infection and has been known to bring about meningitis in

adults. With a safe guard against bacteria with a vaccine, then the

tendency for meningitis is little to nil You may want to ask your

surgeon or family Dr about this information and report back to us.

Dixie

From the site posted by the FDA:

Because people with cochlear implants are at increased risk for

meningitis, CDC recommends that people with cochlear implants follow

recommendations for pneumococcal vaccinations that apply to members of

other groups at increased risk. Recommendations for the timing and

type

of pneumococcal vaccination vary with age and vaccination history and

should be discussed with a health care provider.

Meningitis is an infection. The infection is in the fluid that

surrounds

the brain and spinal cord. There are two main types of meningitis,

viral

and bacterial. Bacterial meningitis is the most serious type. It is

the

type that had been reported in people with cochlear implants.

Depending

on the cause of the meningitis, the symptoms, treatment, and outcomes

differ.

Bacterial meningitis can be caused by several different kinds of

bacteria. Four vaccines protect against most of these bacteria. The

vaccines are:

7-valent pneumococcal conjugate (Prevnar®) (PCV-7)

23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide

(Pneumovax® 23) (PPV-23)

Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate (Hib)

Quadrivalent A,C,Y,W-135 meningococcal polysaccharide (Menomune®).