Nosocomial Bacterial Meningitis Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine ran an interesting article reviewing nosocomial bacterial meningitis, or bacterial meningitis caused by a hospital intervention such as brain surgery. As microbial resistance becomes more common, it is ever more important to consider a nosocomial source for an infection in a hospitalized patient, or a ...
How to Cure Meningitis in a Newborn You’ve just had a newborn baby and you bring her home from the hospital and find that your baby is coughing a lot and seems to have a fever. Other symptoms of meningitis may be gasping or rapid breathing, refusing to eat, vomiting, rash, a pale coloring, sleeping ...
While many types of virus such as the common cold and flu can cause headaches, meningitis is one viral infection that people fear the most. Meningitis is an dangerous infection in the membrane surrounding the brain. Infections of this type mostly cause inflammation that places pressure on the nerves, bringing on severe headaches. Other symptoms ...
The causes of blood poisoning are many. My article will give you an overview on some of the common causes and symptoms with the various disorders. What you need to understand is that blood poisoning can come from urinary tract infections, abdominal infections, infections in the lungs or in the bones. So thinking about this ...
Throughout the school year there looms a common health concern among health care professionals, parents and educators; efficient identification of meningitis and the method by which to control an outbreak. Because bacterial and viral meningitis symptoms so commonly reflect that of the common flu, many children with either form of meningitis continue to attend school ...
There are many natural treatments for viral meningitis that can be used to soothe the symptoms associated with this condition at home, once a physician has been seen. Meningitis is a type of infection. When it occurs in an individual, it is found to affect the area of the spinal cord, as well as the ...
Spinal Meningitis is very serious and potentially deadly. It always requires hospitalization time to get well, if it is of the bacterial type. The two types of spinal meningitis which are either bacterial type or the viral type. The viral type, though serious, does not present as much of a threat as bacterial types of ...
With the report of a possible case of meningitis this past Wednesday following closely on the heels of three cases of encephalitis, one resulting in the death of a second grader, Rhode Island has attempted to stave off the spread of what ever may be causing the outbreak by closing schools in the affected areas. ...
I can always tell when spring has arrived. No, not with my calendar, but with my nose. I suffer chronic allergies and have for over 20 years. I used to be allergic only to dust. Now, pretty much anything in nature from trees to flowers to pollen can irritate my sinuses. I have good allergy ...
Many people have debated the validity of childhood immunizations. But, what happens when those who do choose to vaccinate their children are faced with a vaccine recall? On December 11, 2007 the FDA and CDC initiated a recall of certain lots of the Hib vaccine due to bacterial contamination. Merck and Co., the drug company ...
