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Digiscoping waterfowl Typical uncropped digiscope image; the spotting scope has 20x magnification. Camera focal length is 24 mm; distance to the subject is about 90 meters. Digiscoping is a neologism for afocal photography, using a camera to record distant images through the eyepiece of an optical telescope.
Meningococcal meningitis is a form of bacterial meningitis. Meningitis is a disease caused by inflammation and irritation of the meninges, the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. In meningococcal meningitis this is caused by the bacteria invading the cerebrospinal fluid and circulating through the central nervous system. Sub ...
An 11-year-old British girl lost both her legs after doctors misdiagnosed her meningitis as a "tummy bug," the Sun recently reported.. In June 2016, Brogan-Lei Partridge, then 7 years old, went on ...
Viral meningitis, also known as aseptic meningitis, is a type of meningitis due to a viral infection. It results in inflammation of the meninges (the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord). Symptoms commonly include headache, fever, sensitivity to light and neck stiffness. [1] Viruses are the most common cause of aseptic meningitis.
Taylor Marshall is a 20-month-old battling meningitis -- but has triumphantly taken his first steps after nearly losing his young life.
Some of the possible symptoms of chronic meningitis (due to any cause) include headache, nausea and vomiting, fever, and visual impairment. Nuchal rigidity (or neck stiffness with discomfort in trying to move the neck), a classic symptom in acute meningitis, was seen in only 45% of cases of chronic meningitis with the sign being even more rare in non-infectious causes.
Additionally, the probability of developing aseptic meningitis increases when patients have a case of mumps or herpes. [2] Symptoms of meningitis caused by an acute viral infection last between one and two weeks. When aseptic meningitis is caused by cytomegalovirus 20 percent of individuals face mortality or morbidity. If left untreated it can ...