What is Meningitis? Well, Bacterial Meningitis is a True Medical Emergency that requires an urgent Lumbar Puncture for the diagnosis. This real life clinical case is about a young female patient in her thirties who presented with...

In this video, we explore the signs and symptoms of meningitis; and I explain and demonstrate three special tests used in the diagnosis of meningitis along with the rationale and interpretation of results. [1] Nuchal rigidity [2]...

Sleeping sickness is one of the most deadly of the forgotten diseases. Experts thought it had been destroyed decades ago. But it's back with a vengeance and now mobile field teams are out in the bush carrying out blood tests and lumber...

Sleeping Sickness is the deadliest disease in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo suffers more cases than any other country. Without treatment, parasites called trypanosomes invade the victim’s brain, ravage their sleep cycle,...

Encephalitis (Brain Inflammation) | Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment



Encephalitis (Brain Inflammation) is a condition involving inflammation of the brain parenchyma (tissue). Encephalitis can be caused by a variety of...

Trichinosis (Pork Parasite) | Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment



Trichinosis (also known as trichinellosis), is an infection with a parasitic nematode of the genus Trichinella that can infect humans...

A lateral view of the vertebral column, spinal cord and spinal nerves.