Encephalitis
Encephalitis: Introduction
Encephalitis:
Encephalitis is a serious infection of the brain.
This section addresses what conditions encephalitis can be a symptom or complication of.
For the symptoms of ... more about Encephalitis.
Encephalitis:
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. There are
many types of encephalitis, most of which are caused by viral infection.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Encephalitis and Meningitis Information Page: NINDS)
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Encephalitis: Dangerous infection of the brain.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Encephalitis is available below.
Symptoms of Encephalitis
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symptoms of Encephalitis
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Encephalitis: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Encephalitis
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Medical Textbooks Online about Encephalitis
Medical Books Excerpts
- Meningitis
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Kernig's sign
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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Diagnostic Tests for Encephalitis
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Encephalitis?
Encephalitis: Self Assessment Tools
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Encephalitis: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Encephalitis
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such as...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild ...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), for which the
symptoms are...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A variety of symptoms can occur in post...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children.
See misdiagnosis of...read more »
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Encephalitis: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Encephalitis: Rare Types
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Causes of Encephalitis
- Viral brain infection - encephalitis arising as a (rare) complication of an infection such as:
- more causes...»
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causes of Encephalitis
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Treatments for Encephalitis
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treatments for Encephalitis
Latest Treatments for Encephalitis
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latest treatments for Encephalitis
News Archives for Encephalitis
Medical news articles related to Encephalitis include:
Source: HealthDay News
Videos for Encephalitis
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Patient Surveys for Encephalitis
Prognosis for Encephalitis
Prognosis for Encephalitis:
The
prognosis for encephalitis varies. Some cases are mild, short and
relatively benign and patients have full recovery. Other cases are severe,
and permanent impairment or death is possible. The acute phase of
encephalitis may last for 1 to 2 weeks, with gradual or sudden resolution
of fever and neurological symptoms. Neurological symptoms may require many
months before full recovery.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Encephalitis and Meningitis Information Page: NINDS)
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Reseach about Encephalitis
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Clinical Trials for Encephalitis
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Encephalitis include:
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Clinical Trials for Encephalitis
Statistics for Encephalitis
Encephalitis: Broader Related Topics
Types of Encephalitis
Types of Encephalitis
- Viral Encephalitis
- Bacterial Encephalitis
- Primary encephalitis - caused directly by a virus in the brain
- Secondary encephalitis - caused by a hypersensitivity reaction inside the brain to a virus outside the brain
- Japanese encephalitis
- more types...»
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Types of Encephalitis
Stories from Users Related to Encephalitis
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Article Excerpts about Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. There are
many types of encephalitis, most of which are caused by viral infection.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Encephalitis and Meningitis Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Encephalitis:
Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane and adjacent subarachnoid space. (On-line Medical Dictionary)
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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