Question

Jeremiah is mid-way through his first semester of college in Maryland and has started pledging a fraternity. Three days after going for a hike in a nearby forest with some fraternity brothers and then attending a large party in the evening, Jeremiah wakes up with a fever and headache. He also notices his neck is stiff. He decides to take some Ibuprophen and tries to go to his first class of the day. After that class, he still isn’t feeling better so he goes back to his room to sleep it off. His roommate comes into the dorm room a few hours later and turns on the lights waking Jeremiah up and causing him to feel pain in his eyes. Jeremiah then proceeds to vomit into his trash can. His roommate tries to talk with him, but Jeremiah seems to be delirious and confused. The roommate takes Jeremiah to the campus doctor. After assessing the current symptoms, the doctor collects a blood sample and sends it out for culturing and diagnostic testing. The campus doctor also notices on Jeremiah’s record that he signed an affidavit stating he declined the standard entry vaccinations for reasons of conscience.

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Answer 1

Jeremiah is suffering from Meningitis . University of Maryland requires on campus students to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease. Stiff neck, head ache, fever ,light sensitivity, vomiting, confusion etc are symptoms of meningitis. Since Jeremiah has signed an affidavit stating he declined the standard entry vaccinations he is susceptible to meningococcal infections.