Hydrocephalus

The bacteriemic and meningitic forms of listeriosis can be cured, but serious complications can ensue despite prompt antimicrobial therapy. After the infection of central nervous systems, sequelae such as strabismus, hydrocephalus and retardation may arise. Hence the best approach is to prevent listeriosis from the get-go. General recommendations for prevention are the same as for other foodborne infections, and include thorough cooking of raw food from animal sources,…

Headaches. A patient experiencing a headache does not necessarily have an arachnoid cyst. A study found 18% of patients with intracranial arachnoid cysts had non-specific headaches. The cyst was in the temporal location in 75% of these cases. Seizures Hydrocephalus (excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid) • Increased intracranial pressure • Developmental delay • Behavioral changes • Nausea PRECAUTIONS/PREVENTION Most arachnoid cysts are asymptomatic and do not require treatment.…

When most people hear assisted suicide, the first question that comes up is “Is not assisted suicide just murder?” The majority of people agree it is homicide; even doctors as “[t]rained as they are to preserve life, most doctors are troubled by the thought of helping patients end their lives” (Worsnop). The law has determined that active euthanasia is murder “[s]ince it is tantamount to homicide, [it] is illegal in every state” (Worsnop) but pro-euthanasia groups declare a change needs to be…

can cry, when boys have to stop holding hands with their friends) and how to fit in as a “freak” who is bullied by his peers and even by some adults. Beginning his story “I was born with water on the brain” (a reference to his own disability of hydrocephalus) and identifying his tough, hot-tempered best friend Rowdy as being “born mad,” Junior puts an emphasis on how people’s traits at birth define their characters, suggesting the he initially holds a slightly reductive vision of identity that…

tissue and nerves that are associated with the brain and spinal cord, and reactive swelling in brain tissue around the tumor causes symptoms in the patient. The blocking of cerebral spinal fluid causes an accumulation resulting in obstructive hydrocephalus, and blocking of blood flow occurs when veins or arteries are…

There is no way to indicate that infants might have a birth defect or other health problems. By understanding common infant health conditions and ways to prevent them may decrease the risk of having a baby born with medical issues. Birth defects usually cannot be discovered until after birth. This is why it is so important for mothers’ to really take in account that they need to take care of themselves while pregnant. In some occasions you can discover infants medical conditions prenatally. In…

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A congenital disorder, also known as a congenital disease, deformity, birth defect, or anomaly is a condition existing at or before a birth regardless if cause. Of these disorders, those characterized by structural deformities are termed “congenital anomalies” and involve defects in a developing fetus. Birth defect vary widely in a cause and symptoms. Any substance that cause birth defect is known as teratogen. Some disorders can be detected before birth through prenatal diagnosis. “Birth…

Behaviorism is a school of psychology that studied outward behavior that we can measure,observe and record it. However ,psychologists of this school were ignored emotions and feeling and did not give them a significant value because they could not measure them (Myers, 2012). John Broadus Watson, who is considered the father of this school, he believed that child's environment can mold them, as he mentioned in his famous saying, if we give him dozen of healthy children, he can make them as the…

into the skull or removing the sac. In this way, the surgeon tries to remove all of the protrusion without causing long-term neurological damage. Encephalocele often has a co-morbidity, the presence of two chronic conditions in a patient, with hydrocephalus, which is a disorder that causes excess fluid in the brain (“comorbidity | Definition of comorbidity in US English by Oxford Dictionaries,” n.d.). Unfortunately, families who have already had a child with a neural tube defect are more likely…