Meninges

Hospital-Acquired Infections Ashley Bell, Ashley Jones, Penny Ruiz, Robin Pasco, Tameka White Introduction to Hospital-Acquired Infections: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), also known as healthcare-acquired or nosocomial infections are infections acquired or obtained when receiving treatment or visiting a medical facility of any kind. Hospitals, clinics, and care homes host a vast variety of bacterium, viruses, and fungi. These pathogens can survive on almost any surface such as tables,…

According to the text, the main problem in visualizing neurons was not due to their minuteness, but it was because of the way they are constructed. Neurons are so tightly packed and intertwined together through one another, that when you try to look at them through a microscope, you cannot see anything clearly. With the discovery of the neuroanatomical techniques, the Golgi stain method and the Nissl stain methods; this has allowed neuroscientists to see the complex network of structures…

Multiple Sclerosis - Kellie McThenia Multiple Sclerosis involves an immune-mediated process in which an abnormal response of the body 's immune system is directed against the central nervous system. Within the central nervous system or CNS, the myelin sheath (fatty substance that surrounds the nerve fibers) is attacked by the immune system. This forms scar tissue, or sclerosis (scler/o meaning hard, -osis meaning abnormal condition or disease). The damaged or destroyed myelin sheath or nerve…

While meningitis is primarily an infection of the meninges, an infection by a virus is the most common cause of encephalitis. Encephalitic caused by alteration of normal immune function in the context of a previous viral infection or following vaccination is also common. Infectious encephalitis may be very…

Student Name: Lucy Yarnold Topic: Neuroanatomy Paper Title: Jeuring, R., Van Driessche, K., Bosseler, L., Devries, C., Vanhaesebrouck, A., Gielen, I., Oevermann, A. and Chiers, K. (2012) 'Intracranial oligodendroglioma with optic nerve infiltration in a Labrador retriever '13, Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 81(5), 298-302. [4] Clinical condition and description of presentation: A Labrador retriever was presented with complaints of behavioural changes, starting 4 weeks previously. These…

A Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO). This statement designates (identify) a public health crisis of potentially global reach. If you are aware of it, you would probably know that it was declared only four times. All in the past 7 years. Starting with 2009 Swine flu, then both polio and Ebola in 2014, and last zika virus in 2016. So how these emergencies upraise? well I’m going to tell a short story, the zika…

S. Pneumoniae bacteria are encapsulated gram-positive coccus. They are an elongated shaped cell that is arranged in pairs and in short chains and are non- motile and non –sporing organisms. S. pneumonia is cultivated in the anaerobic condition in blood or chocolate agar in thirty-seven degrees celsius and is incubated for twenty-four hours; this increases the bacteria growth by five to ten percent. The characteristic of the culture of S. pneumonia is a small smooth colony with alpha hemolysis.…

Many people overlook the severity of concussions and the potential health effects that it opposes on the brain. Concussions or mild traumatic brain injury is one of the most common neurological disorders as well as the leading cause of long-term disability according to Lisa A. Clarke 2012. A blow to the head causing the brain to move back and forth causes a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury. The brain being the most fragile organ in the body cannot handle this sudden movement and bounces…

which are commonly caused by external forces such as vehicular accidents and falls (Craft et al., 2015). Subdural haematoma can be described as an extra cerebral blood collection which is located between the dura mater and the middle layer of the meninges (Iliescu, 2015). The development of haematoma does not exist in the subarachnoid area or in the basal cisterns (Iliescu, 2015). “The accumulation of blood can increase the intracranial pressure and compress the brain” (Craft et al., 2015,…

A right is morally what we are entitled to as a human being, rights must be respected by people around us, also individuals must also value other people people 's rights. An example of a right is the freedom of speech, this right allows an individual to speak their mind or their beliefs without being discriminated against for doing so. An individual has various rights when visiting a GP surgery for instance being protected and respected, it is exceptional that a GP surgery protects the right of…