NUR 211 Meningitis
1. What is meningitis?
Answer
inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord
2. What is the meninges?
Answer
These are three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structures. The
dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater
3. What is the problem with inflammation of brain tissue?
Answer
An increase in intercranial pressure (ICP) as well as pain to the spinal cord.
4. What is usually the predecessor of meningitis?
Answer
An infection of the respiratory system, skin, GI, or even a UTI.
5. What are the two types of meningitis?
Answer
Bacterial and viral
6. Which of the two types of meningitis is the least serious?
Answer
Viral
7. What is the recovery time for viral meningitis?
Answer
1-2 weeks
8. What kind of antibiotics are used to treat viral meningitis?
, Answer
Viral meningitis cannot be treated by antibiotics; that being said it is self limiting
9. How long does it take for signs and symptoms of viral meningitis to mani- fest?
Answer
About 7 days
10. What are some s/s of viral meningitis?
Answer
-Fever
-Headache
-Stiff neck
-Photophobia
-Sleepiness or trouble waking up from sleep
-Nausea
-Vomiting
-Lack of appetite
-Lethargy
-Kermit's sign
-Brudzinki's sign
11. What is photophobia?
Answer
sensitivity to light
12. What are some of the specific causes of viral meningitis?
Answer
-Mumps
-Herpes virus
-Epstein-Barr virus
-Measles
-Influenza
-Arboviruses (like west nile)
13. How do we prevent viral meningitis?
1. What is meningitis?
Answer
inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord
2. What is the meninges?
Answer
These are three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structures. The
dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater
3. What is the problem with inflammation of brain tissue?
Answer
An increase in intercranial pressure (ICP) as well as pain to the spinal cord.
4. What is usually the predecessor of meningitis?
Answer
An infection of the respiratory system, skin, GI, or even a UTI.
5. What are the two types of meningitis?
Answer
Bacterial and viral
6. Which of the two types of meningitis is the least serious?
Answer
Viral
7. What is the recovery time for viral meningitis?
Answer
1-2 weeks
8. What kind of antibiotics are used to treat viral meningitis?
, Answer
Viral meningitis cannot be treated by antibiotics; that being said it is self limiting
9. How long does it take for signs and symptoms of viral meningitis to mani- fest?
Answer
About 7 days
10. What are some s/s of viral meningitis?
Answer
-Fever
-Headache
-Stiff neck
-Photophobia
-Sleepiness or trouble waking up from sleep
-Nausea
-Vomiting
-Lack of appetite
-Lethargy
-Kermit's sign
-Brudzinki's sign
11. What is photophobia?
Answer
sensitivity to light
12. What are some of the specific causes of viral meningitis?
Answer
-Mumps
-Herpes virus
-Epstein-Barr virus
-Measles
-Influenza
-Arboviruses (like west nile)
13. How do we prevent viral meningitis?
