Question

Bree Wakefield is a 19-year-old college student, living in a dormitory on the campus of her university. She started to feel poorly and began to miss classes. She went to the student health center and was immediately referred to the hospital. She was diagnosed with a disease of the CNS - these are her symptoms:

● Fever
● Stiff neck
● Drowsiness
● Vomiting
● Severe headache
● Rash
● Light sensitivity
● Beginning stages of kidney failure

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

After seeing her symptoms at the student health center, she was immediately referred to a hospital. In the hospital she was diagnosed with a disease of CNS (central nervous system). The primary cause of a CNS infection is a result of the communication of an infectious disease. In these diseases, some are contagious and spread easily among the people and other types are also infectious and spread by pathogen organisms.

Step 2

Based on the symptoms of stiff neck, fever, vomiting, and light sensitivity, she was suffered by the meningococcal meningitis. The reason behind this diagnosis is that these symptoms are majorly impacted this diagnosis. Meningococcal meningitis is a bacterial form of meningitis. It is an infectious disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. It is a serious infection of the thin lining that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord.

Step 3

Initial diagnosis of the meningococcal meningitis disease can be made by the clinical examination followed by a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) showing a purulent spinal fluid. The bacteria can be seen in the microscopic examination of the spinal fluid. Lumbar puncture is a medical procedure (test) in which a needle is inserted in the spinal canal ...