Biology question:5 year old Jill wakes her parents up at 3 am crying and complai
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Biology question:5 year old Jill wakes her parents up at 3 am crying and complaining of a sore neck, a severe head ache, and feeling sick to her stomach. She has a temperature of 104 F and hides her eyes saying the light is too bright. What do the emergency physician suspects is the cause of the problem?He decides to do a Lumbar tap?
Which space and at what level of the vertebral column the needle will be inserted to perform the test. Why is this level of the vertebral column used? Which flui is being obtain an why?
Explanation / Answer
In this case you are given five symptoms. 1. sore neck 2. severe headache 3. nausea 4. fever 5. photophobia (sensitivity to light) Given these symptoms the cause is most likely Meningitis.A lumbar tap is needed to collect Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) this is the only way to get a definite diagnosis of Meningitis. The needle is inserted between the lumbar vertebrae either the L3/L4 or the L4/L5 areas.
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