As Mindy Weisberger writes for LiveSceince, «In Ballard's case, the parasite caused
a serious brain infection.
Not exact matches
They are found in a baby's
brain, they help to fight
infection, and they are believed to help reduce inflammation in the intestines to protect a baby against a
serious intestinal condition called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
a
serious bacteria disease that can lead to bacterial meningitis or a swelling and
infection of the fluid surround the
brain and spinal cord.
Studies have shown that a protein in human milk aids in
brain development, and breast - fed babies are less likely to get gastrointestinal
infections and diarrhea, respiratory and ear
infections or more
serious diseases such as pneumonia, and there is a lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
In rare cases, vomiting can be a symptom of a
serious condition, such as a blockage of the digestive tract (pyloric stenosis), an
infection (meningitis) of the fluid (cerebrospinal fluid) and tissues (meninges) that surround the
brain and spinal cord, or Reye syndrome.
Johns Hopkins researchers report that fetal mice — especially males — show signs of
brain damage that lasts into their adulthood when they are exposed in the womb to a maternal immune system kicked into high gear by a
serious infection or other malady.
The work, published this week in mBio ®, an online open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, suggests that immunizing pregnant women against HSV and similar
infections could prevent
serious brain disease related to these conditions in fetuses and newborns, said senior study author David A. Leib, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the medical school.
While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear
infections,
serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial paralysis, meningitis and
brain abscess still occur, according to a report in the journal Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports.
General practices with lower rates of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract
infections did not have higher rates of
serious bacterial complications, including: meningitis, mastoiditis (
infection of the mastoid bone behind the ear), empyema (
infection of the lining of the lungs),
brain abscess or Lemierre's syndrome (an
infection of the jugular vein in the neck).
To build their tool, Alison Galvani, from Yale University in New Haven, USA, and colleagues focused on the two known
serious consequences of Zika
infection: microcephaly, a condition in which children are born with a small
brain causing mental impairment, and Guillain - Barré syndrome or GBS, a potentially fatal disease that can cause neural damage and paralysis.
WNV
infection turns
serious when the virus crosses the blood -
brain - barrier and wreaks havoc among nerve cells in the
brain.
Contracted through the bite of an infected mosquito or through sexual or other modes of transmission, Zika virus (ZIKV)
infection can be prenatally passed from mother to fetus.1 The virus was first identified in the region of the Americas in early 2015, when local transmission was reported in Brazil.2 Six months later, a notable increase in the number of infants with congenital microcephaly was observed in northeast Brazil.3, 4 Clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory evidence led investigators to conclude that intrauterine ZIKV
infection was a cause of microcephaly and
serious brain anomalies.5 - 7 However, as with other newly recognized teratogens, these features likely represent a portion of a broader spectrum.
More
serious symptoms that occur rarely include
infection of the eyes,
brain, heart, lungs, skin or liver.
Viruses can pass through the blood
brain barrier but unfortunately antibodies do not which is why
brain infections are so
serious.
It slows breathing, increases risk of
serious infection, damages
brain function, causes pustules on the skin, damages teeth, and can lead to coma and death.