Meningitis

Acute bacterial meningitis is a bacterium that reaches the subarachnoid space as it travels through the bloodstream or through the sinuses or ears. The infection is usually within the subarachnoid space, but toxins from bacteria or white blood cells known as leukocytes can…

the bacterial meningitis because she has the highest bacteria concentration (12.5 µl/mL). It is most probable that she caught the disease while visiting another university. Jill (1.56 µl/mL) caught it from Sue because they live in such close proximity of one another and spend a lot of time at soccer together. Maria (.78 µl/mL) may have contracted the disease from Sue or Jill because the three of them live in the same dorm hall and Jill shares food with Maria. Marco likely got meningitis from Sue…

pericarditis, meningoencephalitis, viral meningitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, juvenile diabetes, and heart arrhythmia (2). Another group is called Echoviruses. “Echo” originally acronym for “enteric cytopathic human orphan”. Although the term “orphan virus” means a virus that is not associated with any known disease, it is now true that echoviruses are associated with various diseases but they kept the name. These viruses replicate in the meninges (viral meningitis) (2). The last group, numbered…

Coxsackieviruses and echoviruses, which are enteroviruses, account for approximately half of cases of aseptic meningitis. The epidemiologic setting (e.g., time of year, geographic locale, exposure to insects, diseases prevalent in the local community) and accompanying systemic manifestations are helpful in making a presumptive diagnosis. The clinical and laboratory findings accompanying acute viral meningitis are usually insufficiently distinct to allow an etiologic diagnosis, and distinguishing…

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and is the basis of all functions in the body. Consequently, when the brain suffers damage or is not formed correctly, the effects can be devastating to basic, normal bodily functions. There are an innumerable amount of pathologies and disorders that the brain can suffer from, and this paper will be focusing on just a few of the major, most common ailments. Cerebral palsy, cerebral infections, strokes, and degenerative brain diseases are…

their workplace due to the unique personal and ethical values than another nurses, physicians, patients, family and other health care team. What is ethical dilemma here? An ethical dilemma is a decision about the treatment of a child suffering from meningitis because, the custodial mother doesn’t want her child to get a medical treatment due to her religious beliefs. By contrast, a biological father wants his child to get a medical treatment and both the parents have same right to make a…

For instance some bacteria that can be harmful to the body can cause illnesses or disease like; Pneumonia, Meningitis, and HIV/AIDS, these are the most commonly caught illnesses or disease. Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung and it is triggered by the person’s weak defense system. It can especially affect the elderly if it was triggered by a respiratory infection or influenza. Pneumonia can affect the lungs in different ways such as: Lobar pneumonia and bronchial pneumonia. Lobar affects a…

Meningitis occurs when "the protective membranes which cover the brain and spinal cord", become inflamed, so once "the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord" has been infected by the bacteria. (1) It will cause inflammation. (3) The infection may have serious effects in the brain that can cause fever, loss of appetite, listlessness, and periods of lost consciousness. Also, the patient with meningitis suffers from nausea, headache and vomiting.…

hardship for medical profession is the primary custodian of the child is the non-biological mother, who is the primary decision maker for the child; therefore, they must have consent from the mother before they can start treating the child with meningitis. Because both sides have strong beliefs, this conflict can be difficult…

In our case, the charge nurse must resolve a conflict between the nurse who just came to work and who recently discovered that was pregnant, so theoretically, she can’t take care of a patient with meningitis and the other two nurses from 12-hour shift. At this point I think it is not fair to change their assignment four hours before change of the shift. Also, they argue their position by saying that when they were pregnant, they took care of all kinds…