What symptom does encephalitis have?

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Encephalitis is an inflammatory disease caused by the invasion of pathogens in brain parenchyma. Most of the causes are viruses, which can also be caused by bacteria, molds, spirochetes, Rickettsia, parasites and other infections. Some may be allergic diseases, such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The so-called encephalitis usually refers to viral encephalitis and post infectious encephalomyelitis which belongs to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. What symptom does encephalitis have?

What symptom does encephalitis have?

First of all, encephalitis can occur in different gender and age, mostly acute or subacute. Clinically, it is characterized by high fever, headache, vomiting, coma, convulsion and other symptoms, most of which are accompanied by changes in the composition of cerebrospinal fluid. Prevention and treatment should be carried out according to different causes.

Secondly, disturbance of consciousness, meningeal irritation. Can appear neck muscle and scapular muscle flaccid paralysis, so that the head droops and the arm can not be raised, shake without. The involvement of cranial nerves and lower limbs is rare. Paralysis can be recovered in 2-3 weeks, about half of the muscles atrophy. Mild cases may have no obvious neurological symptoms.

Finally, with the progress of the disease, severe headache and frequent vomiting appear. At this time, people will become weak and depressed. At this stage, the disease is actually quite serious. If patients with convulsions, coma and other conditions, that brain damage, rescue up very difficult.

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The symptoms of encephalitis are various because of the location and degree of the lesion. Diffuse encephalitis usually begins with general discomfort, and then comes to coma, convulsion and fever; Brainstem encephalitis often has facial paralysis, cough, dysphagia, limb numbness, weakness and (or) oculomotor nerve paralysis, pseudobulbar paralysis and other manifestations.