3 Which of the injuries from question 2 do you think would be the most damaging
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3 Which of the injuries from question 2 do you think would be the most damaging to survival? Why? 4 A common way to deliver anesthesia for surgery and childbirth is to inject the anesthetic agent into the epidural space (epidural anesthesia). A possible complication of this procedure is a tear in the dura mater that causes CSF to leak out of the central nervous system. Why would a loss of cerebrospinal fluid be problematic? What symptoms do you predict with this condition? (Hint: Think about the function of cerebrospinal fluid.)Explanation / Answer
1. when there is CSF leak due to the tear in the dura matte, there can be potentialy dangerous complication.
Intra cranial hypotension or low cerebrospinal fluid pressure can occur, where in the patient can expereince condition called Positional Headache in which the patient feel worse headache when he is sitting upright and feels better when lying down.
CSF leak can also cause infection of the meninges (membrane of brain spinal cord etc) or it could cause infection of the brain itself. Some other symptoms include Photo phobia (sensitivity to light),sense of imbalance,change in hearing (ringing sound in ears), nasal drainage etc
CSF leak that occurs at the time of surgerey requires careful repairs to avoid post operative CSF leak.
2.The most dangerous and life threatining symptoms is Meningitis which is the bacterial infection of the meninges,which is the protective membrane of the spinal cord and brain.Meningitis is very serious in the sense that it can cause death in matter of hours due to condition called septecimia.
If not treated properly it can cause permanent disablities like deafness,siezures, kidney failures, memory difficulties, learning disablities etc.
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