If your doctor orders a lumbar puncture test for you, he does so based on your symptoms. Something has led him to believe you have a disease or condition in your brain or spinal column. An examination of the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) reveals...
Approximately 3 to 5 percent of children may experience a seizure, often before their first birthday, according to Children's Hospital Boston. The tonic-clonic seizure, sometimes called a grand mal seizure, is a generalized type that affects both...
There are hollow cavities, called ventricles, located deep within the brain. The ventricles produce and contain cerebral spinal fluid, or CSF, that bathe the brain and spinal cord to provide protection, buoyancy, waste removal and endocrine...
If bacteria can successfully invade the body and get into the bloodstream then penetrate what is called the blood-brain barrier to go from the bloodstream to the brain, they can survive in the cerebrospinal fluid and cause meningitis. A physician...
Bacterial meningitis is a potentially serious infection of the meninges, the tissue covering of the brain and the spinal cord. Viruses, bacteria and fungi can cause meningitis, and one of the ways to tell which microorganism is causing the...
