group 4

• Bacterial Meningitis - inflammation of the membranes
• Group B streptococcus -babies can get during delivery or in their 1st weeks of life
• Neisseria Meningitidis -also called meningococcal septicemia
• Neurological examination -assess movement and sensory function
• Labs of blood, urine, & body secretions -detect & identify infection in the brain or spinal cord
• Encephalitis -inflammation of the brain
• Primary Encephalitis -brain and spinal cord is the predominate foci of the toxin
• Bacterial Encephalitis -may result brain damage, hearing loss, learning disability and death
• Cough/sneeze -mode of transmission of encephalitis
• Simple Focal Seizure -affect small part of the brain, can cause twitching or change of sensation
• Tonic -muscles in the body become stiff
• Focal Seizure -located in just one area of the brain, also called partial seizures
• Secondary Generalized Seizures -begins in one part of the brain then spreads to both sides
• clonic -periods of shaking and jerking