Ambiguous loss is a type of loss you feel when a person with dementia is physically here, but may not be. mentally or emotionally present in the same way as before. This is very different from the loss and grief of sudden death, as an example, where you clearly know. that the person is gone. With a death, you are more likely to get support from family and friends, and. may eventually find closure through traditional mourning rituals and the natural grieving process.
Meningitis is most often caused by a bacterial or viral infection. It also may be caused by a fungal infection, parasite, a reaction to certain medications or medical treatments, a rheumatologic disease such as lupus, some types of cancer, or a traumatic injury to the head or spine.acterial meningitis is a rare but potentially fatal disease. It can be caused by several types of bacteria that first cause an upper respiratory tract infection and then travel through the blood stream to the brain.
Bacteria and viruses cause the great majority of meningitis disease in infants and children. The most serious occurrences of meningitis are caused by bacteria; viral-caused meningitis is common but usually is less severe and, except for the very rare instance of rabies infection, almost never lethal. Bacterial meningitis can be caused by many different types of bacteria. 2  Certain age groups are predisposed to infections of specific types of bacteria. 3  Immediately after birth, bacteria called group B Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, and Listeria species are the most common.