Glucose in meningitis

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1936550 tn?1348360208 My baby girl has meningitis. They are finding out if its viral or bacterial. Please pray for my baby that its just viral. She will be one month on the 14th. I'm scared for her and have been crying non stop. Its hard waiting for the results. Please everyone pray for my baby.
Avatar n tn The total protein here is sky-high, not a finding in MS, where it would be expected to be normal or mildly high. Yours is in the range of meningitis and the type of meningitis that can get the CSF protein the highest is Tuberculous Meningitis. So my thoughts had already gone there by the time you mentioned "mycobacteria" (For everyone "Mycobacteria" is the scientific category that TB falls into).
Avatar f tn Increased WBC in CSF may be a sign of meningitis (only viral meningitis would be a consideration with clear fluid and normal protein), acute infection, beginning of a chronic illness, tumour, abscess, stroke, or demyelinating disease (eg: multiple sclerosis). Artifacts are relatively common in CT imaging.
Avatar n tn My real question though is what would cause glucose in my urine? It never showed up on the countless urine tests I had in the past. I've read that it could show 1+ after a high carb meal, but as I said I hadn't eaten in at least 14 hours, and my diet is fairly balanced and healthy, not extremely high in carbs or sugar. None of my doctors have ever suspected diabetes, but about a year and a half ago a random glucose test was normal (85).
Avatar n tn As Dr Navneet suspects meningitis, I would take your son immediately to the ER room - delay in treatment can be devastating. If he has a rash, press a glass tumber against the rash, if septicaemia/meningitis, the rash will not fade and you will be able to see the rash through the glass. If this happens get medical advice immediately. It is harder to see on dark skin, so check paler areas. Remember someone who is very ill needs medical help even if they have no rash or a rash that fades.
Avatar f tn CSF again showes elevated WBC, Lymphocytes, and ologinical bands. No protein, no glucose. Diagnosis is always viral meningitis with a discharge to home. Heperpes and Aids have also been negative. Is there a chance that I could have resulting damage from viral meningitis/encephalitis, or a continued infection that has not been discovered? Also, there was a massive meningitis epidemic when I was there each time (X4) and received multiple mosquito bites even with prevention.
Avatar n tn The neck pain can be due to stiff neck or torticollis but in a child with fever, stiff neck should be investigated for meningitis. Please take her to a doctor immediately. Take care!
Avatar f tn I had meningitis at the age of 5 and I was in a car wreck in 1996, I had a cervical fusion and dissection. I am having pain similar to a sciatic nerve and lack of mobility in my legs it used to only happen when I would sweep, weed the garden movements such as that but, now it is almost daily and I have had an MRI, nerve conduction & X-rays (waiting to see the Dr. next week for complete results) so far the only issue that they have told me is that I have arthritis in my lower spine.
Avatar m tn Have you been exposed to meningitis? I understand you are a college student, and meningitis can be more prevalent in close quarters such as when living in a dorm. My honest thoughts are that you have a flu virus rather than meningitis, however, if you have been exposed to meningitis, you most definitely need to be checked. If you have been exposed to meningitis, by all means go to the ER and tell them you have been exposed and have been feeling somewhat sick.
Avatar m tn Hello, Three days ago, I was using a public toliet and I dropped my ceramic tobacco pipe and keys into the toliet accidentally before leaving as I was grabbing something out of my bag. I quickly fished them out and quickly ran water over them in the sink and threw them back in my bag. The next day, I ran hot water and used soap on both of them. I don't know what I was thinking, but I foolishly used the pipe later that day.
Avatar f tn my 5 yr old daughter just got out of the hosp for meningitis........they could not give me a 100% answer but they are sure it was bacterial meningitis! no one told us how she got it, all they said was that i did the right thing by taking her to er asap! friday morning she told me her head hurt when she looked down and me being a nurse i thought meningitis but "what are the odds" so i took her to daycare and told them to call me if she got sick!
Avatar f tn last tuesday (8/23) i went to the doctor to get my meningitis vaccine. i woke up this morning feeling sooooo sick i just wanna curl up and sleep for days. now, i could be confusing it with a flu or something else but these are my symptoms: my entire body is so achy, constant headaches (migraines where it hurts to look in bright rooms/distances), muscle twitching, i feel like i'm running a fever but my temp says 98.0 F, my teeth hurt?
Avatar f tn You should get ahold of your doctor if you're sick and that early, especially with a fever.
Avatar f tn About 2 days ago I ate a sort of cold piece of KFC chicken then went out and ate a shish kabob, woke up with a bloated stomach and after fighting with myself for hours, I finally threw up, I fell asleep and when I woke up I was extremely nauseous and I couldn't even stand without losing my balance, I had diahrrea and gases for the whole day and my neck and lower back was hurting and it was giving me a headache, I didn't eat anything the whole day, just drank plenty of Gatorade and ate 1
Avatar f tn The only possibly symptom is that I feel tired but that could be through getting up early in the morning for work. Could this be early meningitis or sepsis??
Avatar m tn I am a 37 year old female also dealing with random severe dry eyes and the afterimage of a dull camera flash in my right corner of my eye and something smaller in my top of my left eye to the side! I ironicallyuu got a bacterial meningitis vaccine for nursing school back in August 2016. This dry eye stuff started happening around September! And the lights in my eyes started about mid November! Wish I had answers!
Avatar m tn I have a faint constant headache in my frontal sinuses (in my forehead) and pain at the base of my head where it connects to my neck in the back kinda like when you get really stressed out you get a stiff neck...but I'm not stressed. I don't think its meningitis because I have heard that is very very painful and you would know for sure if it is meningitis, so I'm just scared. Is this normal with healing or is this a sign of infection or even possibly meningitis?
Avatar f tn Hi there............My daughter has been in the hospital with serious viral meningitis for the last 6 days and will be there for another 6. They have determined that the herpes virus is responsible for the meningitis. Question: Can the herpes simplex cause the viral meningitis even if she does not have the genital herpes? She was tested negative for the virus a couple months ago. She was quite sick and had to be given morphine, anit-viral and steroids.
Avatar f tn ve ruled that out and she actually has viral meningitis. We live in a very rural region where mold is common, and have been concerned about the possibility of fungal meningitis as well, though the hospital said they checked for this and it wasn't the case. I'm wondering, how severe can viral meningitis be? My aunt's mind is currently completely gone. She no longer remembers people, or even any new information for more than a second.