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  2. Encephalitis - Wikipedia

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    Adults with encephalitis present with acute onset of fever, headache, confusion, and sometimes seizures. Younger children or infants may present with irritability, poor appetite and fever. [ 7 ] Neurological examinations usually reveal a drowsy or confused person.

  3. Ventriculitis - Wikipedia

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    The underlying infection can come in the form of a number of different bacteria or viruses. The data seems to point to Staphylococci as the leading bacterial cause of infection leading to ventriculitis being present in about 90% of cases, [4] but generally, what is of more concern is the way the infection entered the ventricles. The brain in ...

  4. Cerebrospinal fluid - Wikipedia

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    Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless body fluid found within the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord of all vertebrates. CSF is produced by specialized ependymal cells in the choroid plexus of the ventricles of the brain, and absorbed in the arachnoid granulations. In humans, there is about 125 mL of CSF at any one time ...

  5. Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea - Wikipedia

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    Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea; Specialty: Neurology, neurosurgery, otorhinolaryngology,Oral and maxillofacial surgery: Symptoms: clear, colourless liquid draining from nose: Complications: infection: Causes: basilar skull fracture: Diagnostic method: brain scans, testing nasal discharge to see if it is CSF: Differential diagnosis: other types ...

  6. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis - Wikipedia

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    Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is "a viral infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord and of the cerebrospinal fluid". [3] The name is based on the tendency of an individual to have abnormally high levels of lymphocytes during infection.

  7. Lymphocytic pleocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Lymphocytic pleocytosis is an abnormal increase in the amount of lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It is usually considered to be a sign of infection or inflammation within the nervous system , and is encountered in a number of neurological diseases , such as pseudomigraine, Susac's syndrome, and encephalitis.

  8. Choking emergency? How to do the Heimlich maneuver - AOL

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    Next, thrust in an inward and upward motion on the diaphragm. This will force air out of the lungs and remove the blockage. Repeat these abdominal thrusts up to five times, the doctor advised.

  9. Cerebral shunt - Wikipedia

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    Infection is a common complication that normally affects pediatric patients because they have not yet built up immunities to a number of different diseases. Normally, the incidence of infection decreases as the patient grows older and the body gains immunity to various infectious agents. [10] Shunt infection can occur in up to 27% of patients.