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Part E- Is It Infection? When you call the front desk for info, they tell you the patient has a university ID. You call his parents to ask whether he has had any recent health issues. They say he was feeling tired and sluggish when they talked to him a few days ago. "Is it meningitis?" his mother asks. "I knew he shouldn't go to that school, they all just party and drink - is he drunk? He was pledging that fraternity. Does the evidence indicate meningitis? (Meningitis is an infection of the meninges.) Choose the best answer. The meninges are the membranes around the brain. Meningitis is an infection of those membranes, so it can certainly affect the brain. But almost all serious infections cause fever, and this patient has a normal temperature. The meninges are not really part of the brain, so they could not be responsible for swelling of brain tissue and decreased ventricle size. The meninges are not found in the cranial cavity, so they could not be affecting intracranial pressure. The meninges are key in removing cerebrospinal fluid, so if the patient had meningitis he would have larger, overfilled ventricles, not amaller ones. The meninges surround the brain, so infection in them can lead to infection of the brain and brain swelling. How did the doctor miss this? The meninges surround the brain and spinal cord, so the patient would have paralysis from spinal cord damage if he had meningitis. Request Answer Submit Comploto prouiouIe nartie)

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- The meninges are the membranes around the brain. Meningitis is an infection of those membrane, so it can certainly affect the brain. But almost all serious infection cause fever and this patient has normal temprature.

- The meningitis are key in removing cerebrospinal fluid, so if the patient had meningitis he would have larger, overfilled ventricles, not smaller one.

- The meninges surround the brain, so infection in them can lead to infection of the brain and brain swelling, how did the doctor miss this

- The meninges surround the brain and spinal cord, so te patient would have paralysis from spinal cord damage if he had meningitis.

Reason ; Above mentioned statement are more relavent information about the meningitis and the evidence mentioned in the given statement are not experienced by the client in the given case. Other option given in the question are not really a relevant fact about the meningitis. By analysing this evidence the health personnel can diagnose that the patient had meningitis or not.