Cerebrospinal fluid

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with approximately 2 million reported TBI events in the US annually. The pathology of TBI is a highly complex process with both initial mechanical injury and delayed mechanisms. Primary injuries directly damage the neurons, axons, dendrites, glia and blood vessels in a focal, multifocal, or diffuse pattern. Primary injuries initiate a secondary, dynamic series of complex cellular, inflammatory, mitochondrial,…

timely recognition, and rational antimicrobial therapy.(3) Neonatal sepsis is confirmed by demonstrable growth of bacteria in cultures from a normally sterile site. This is most commonly blood cultures, but many authors include cultures from cerebrospinal fluid.(4)(5)(6) Neonatal septicemia (sepsis) is divided into early-onset sepsis (EOS) and late-onset sepsis (LOS) according to the age of presentation. EOS reflects ascending infections from the maternal genital tract or transplacental…

Since he was suspected to have a Meningitis, the doctor instructed the nurse to have a deeper testing like cerebrospinal fluid examination. After 7 days, John went to the clinic again and he was told he had a Meningitis. In general situation, John need to be hospitalized and have a intravenous drip treatment for approximately 1 week. But the VMCC enable patients…

Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults. Extrameningeal manifestations of Neisseria meningitidis infection are uncommon in normal children and are a consequence of invasion of the bacterium into the blood stream. We describe a case of IMD with meningoencephalitis, septic arthritis, myositis and pleural effusion who developed secondary fever and prolonged hospitalization. Case report: A 10-year-old boy previously healthy was referred from…

bright light, nausea and lack of appetite. People with viral meningitis usually get better with 7-10 days. For a doctor to diagnose they need to draw a few different tests such as swabbing your nose and throat or rectum, taking some blood or drawing fluid from around your spinal cord. There is no specific treatment for viral meningitis. Antibiotics do not help viral infections but there is an antiviral medicine if you have contracted meningitis by the herpesvirus and influenza. In order to…

Brain Nuclear Scan Nuclear Brain scanning is a type of nuclear imaging test, which means it uses a radioactive substance and a special camera to create a 3-D pictures. While image tests such as x-rays can show what the structure inside your body looks like, a Nuclear scan produces images that show how the organs work. The reason I choice nuclear brain scanning, do to the fact my step mom has Epilepsy that she has acquired from a brain disorder from damage in the temporal lobe area. She…

and trauma on the body • Headache- effect of impact and trauma from incident, this may be from internal bleeding • New Deformities - abrasions to the skin or broken/ dislocated bones • Skull deformities - cracked skull • Clear fluid from nose/ears (cerebrospinal fluid) from direct impact to head •…

The choroidal arteries are deep cerebral arteries that supply deep structures in the brain. The anterior choroidal artery is a branch of the internal carotid and it supplies the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricles, parts of the visual pathway, the putamen, the thalamus, and the hippocampus. The posterior choroidal artery is a branch of the posterior cerebral artery. It supplies blood to the choroid plexus of the third ventricle and parts of the thalamus and hippocampus. An occlusion of…

Cells Interacting: Astrocytoma in its cancerous form is a situation in which a malignant tumor starts in Astrocyte cells, which have the purpose of protecting nerve cells. As the tumor grows invasively into these cells, it presses on the nerve cells and other parts of the brain. Cancerous astrocytoma will grow very quickly, spreading into other sections of brain tissue. As it does this, it will start to push on the brain itself and stop it from functioning properly. …. Function: The…

Imaging includes CT scan, MR, X-rays shows infection areas that associates with meningitis. In addition, for some patients who are determined with bacterial meningitis, Spinal tap, which is lumber puncture is applied. It requires patient’s cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to search glucose level which relates white blood cell count and…