As a mother dreams of having a “Gerber” baby. That dream seemed to me to break. In five weeks I will have a baby nativ. He is a son, he makes dreams come true. My heart dropped at the word “hydrocephalus”. Hydrocephalus is called water on the brain. The volume of cerebrospinal fluid increases. A […]
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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 […]
A brain aneurysm is an unusual bulging out of the wall of the blood vessel that carries blood to the brain. The blood pressure within an aneurysm may cause can cause a brain aneurysm to rupture. Aneurysms of the blood vessels in the brain are fairly common. Many people are walking around with aneurysms and […]
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Ten facts about Cat Scratch Fever #1) Cat scratch fever is not only a song, (a classic at that!) but also an infectious bacteria disease most commonly brought on by a bite or scratch by a feline. Ten facts about Cat Scratch Fever #2) Henri Parinaud first mentioned Cat Scratch Fever (CSF) in medical literature […]
Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia (NKH) A few months ago, a couple I know had twin girls. Beautiful, perfect babies, healthy and thriving …or so we thought… A few hours after they were born, thing began to happen. They became lethargic and could not be awakened. They ceased to respond. They were locked away in a deep, unresponsive […]