Meningitis: Spinal Meningitis Got Me Down Meningitis is a highly infectious disease that is very well known throughout the world today. It is an inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord. In 1805‚ Meningitis was discovered during an outbreak in Geneva‚ Switzerland. Furthermore‚ in 1996 Africa experienced the largest recorded outbreak of meningitis that caused more than 250‚000 people to be infected with meningitis and more than 25‚000 were killed. The largest and most recurring
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Outbreak of fungal meningitis Disease outbreaks are one of the biggest concerns in the world‚ because they can happen out of nowhere and cause a lot of damage before being dealt with. The United States faced such an outbreak when a‚ supposedly safe‚ pain relief medication resulted in an outbreak of fungal meningitis. Fungal meningitis is a rare infection that occurs mostly in patients with compromised or suppressed immune systems; however‚ the epidural steroid injections used to treat inflammation
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Cultural and Disease Paper - Meningitis University of Phoenix HCS 245 Introduction to Health and Diseases MU11BHA06 November 02‚ 2011 Cultural and Disease Paper - Meningitis It was mid-February 1968 in a city in the central region of El Salvador‚ two men sitting on the street curve outside the doctor’s office. One of them was the doctor himself; the other man was a poor steel worker whom two years earlier lost his second child to bronchitis. The doctor
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Meningitis is a bacterial infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. A family who lived in Geneva‚ Switzerland was first diagnosed with the disease in 1805. It was not until 1866‚ that the disease traveled its way into the United States. Professor Anton Weichselbaum discovered the cause of cerebro-spinal meningitis illness in 1887. There are five types of meningitis: bacterial meningitis‚ viral meningitis‚ parasitic meningitis‚ fungal meningitis‚ and non-infectious meningitis
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Ryan Canham 12/16/14 English 11 research paper Mrs. Heveron-Smith What’s the price we’re paying? As a child‚ this young boy wanted for everything to go his way. He was very mature although he was just a kid‚ he would always be worrying. The things he worried about were family‚ if his friends liked him‚ if he was smart enough‚ if he wore the “right” clothes‚ if he would be on time‚ and many other problems. The real issues started when he was a sophomore in high school. After a summer camp‚ he had
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Effects of Bacterial Meningitis on the Brain Abstract Meningitis is an infection of the subarachnoid space (located between the middle arachnid matter and the inner pia mater) of the meninges‚ which is the thin layer of tissues that line the brain and the spinal cord. Cerebrospinal fluid flows through the subarachnoid space and the meninges‚ providing cushion for the brain and the spinal cord‚ and filling the internal spaces within the brain. There are 2 main types of meningitis‚ including
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Meningitis is the medical term for inflammation of the tissues (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord. It is commonlycaused by a virus or a bacteria‚ which travels from an infection in another part of the body through the bloodstream to the meninges. The two main types of meningitis are Viral and Bacterial. Bacterial Meningitis- Many types of bacteria can cause meningitis but the common ones which can also be life threatening are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcal
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Meningitis Reagan Odom Baptist College of Health Sciences Abstract Meningitis is a life threatening infection that can be treated if caught early enough. This paper will summarize the causative organism‚ how it is transmitted‚ signs and symptoms‚ the pathogenesis‚ epidemiology‚ diagnosis‚ and the treatment and prevention for this disease. Keywords: bacterial‚ fungal‚ meningitis‚ viral Meningitis Meningitis (2011) describes meningitis as‚ “a serious inflammation of the meninges‚ the thin‚ membranous
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12 years ago I was diagnosed with Meningitis‚ they caught it just in time. I hadn’t ever seen my mom that scared‚ I still haven’t. At the time my mom was going to be turning 20‚ we were still living with my grandparents and my 17 year old uncle. I was playing upstairs with my uncle when I suddenly passed out‚ all the color drained from my face‚ he picked me up and ran downstairs. I was driven to the emergency room. 30 minutes away. They told us what I had and that if we had waited even two more hours
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to Ketunnuti‚ Kronman (2012) Meningitis is described as the swelling of the membrane‚ mainly in the meninges. Meninges are the protective membrane that is responsible for covering the brain and the spinal cord. There are several causes of this disease‚ and the most common kind or type that is being very infectious‚ including being viral‚ bacterial‚ fungal and parasitic infections. For example is the acute bacterial meningitis‚ which is one of the kinds of meningitis‚ this is a pediatric illness
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