It can happen after a viral infection such as the flu

Health.. encephalitis.. symptoms that require a doctor's call immediately

Psychological and behavioral changes are a sign that appears in a large number of patients.

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The two terms are often confused when talking about encephalitis and meningitis, but the names themselves bear the difference. In the case of encephalitis, the entire brain is affected, and in the case of meningitis, the damage is limited to the outer layer, which covers the brain. Medical treatment is crucial to saving the patient.

Professor Frank Erbgoth explained that meningitis is not accompanied by impairments in brain function, such as impaired consciousness, but it is related to headache, fever and stiff neck, which are signs that may indicate infection.

Brain failure

The symptoms of the disease here expand greatly, for example, inflammation in the language center in the left hemisphere, which appears in the form of language disorders, and if the movement center in the right hemisphere is affected, paralysis of the left leg can occur.

Autoimmune encephalitis specialist Professor Harald Bruce explained that autoimmune encephalitis may be caused by a tumor, and this disease can also occur after viral infections such as influenza.

Psychological and behavioral changes are a sign that appears in a relatively large number of patients, and they appear in the form of suffering from depression, while others hear voices or have hallucinations.

Language changes are also often a sign, and encephalitis can affect anyone, so if any person has psychological changes, or symptoms of paralysis accompanied by fever, a doctor should be contacted immediately.

treatment

The treatment of encephalitis caused by external stimuli depends largely on the causative agent of the disease, and neurologist Erbgoth explains this with two examples: “If the cause of the disease is due to the herpes virus, it cannot be prevented, but the virus can be effectively treated, unlike encephalitis. The tick-borne brain, where it is not possible to fight the virus directly, but only relieve symptoms, so there is a vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis.”

• It appears in the form of language disorders, or paralysis occurs in the left leg.

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