What are the symptoms of encephalitis?

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If you suspect that you have encephalitis, you can make a preliminary diagnosis through the relevant symptoms. So, which are the more obvious symptoms of encephalitis? I believe that this is also a lot of friends who suspect that they have encephalitis want to understand urgently. Next, the brain disease experts will explain the common symptoms of encephalitis.

What are the symptoms of encephalitis?

The symptoms of meningitis usually vary with different types. If children suffer from tuberculous meningitis, they usually have symptoms of mental depression and dullness. They don't like playing games. They also have low fever and loss of appetite. Some patients also have symptoms of vomiting and poor sleep, Some patients will also have symptoms of emaciation. Adult patients are mainly headache, with the aggravation of the disease, headache will also aggravate.

Purulent meningitis often occurs in children and the elderly. After the onset of the disease, patients will have fever, headache, vomiting and other disease symptoms. In the process of examination, it can also be found that patients' nervous system examination and cerebrospinal fluid examination are abnormal. Generally speaking, different degrees of infection, different physique, the symptoms of the disease will be different.

Children's onset is generally more acute, usually can appear high fever more than 39 degrees, children will have severe headache, poor spirit and other performance, some patients will have mental confusion, speech disorder, if the lesions lead to meningeal adhesion, or damage to the brain parenchyma, can appear blindness, hearing impairment, epilepsy and other complications.

matters needing attention

Children with Japanese encephalitis often get worse rapidly in a few days, so they should be treated in the hospital, and actively cooperate with the doctor's examination and treatment, such as lumbar puncture and infusion. Don't delay diagnosis because you love your child. The sick children should be isolated in a quiet ward with anti mosquito facilities (Salmonella, sand, mosquito net), cool (room temperature below 30 ℃). When fever should add more water, can give watermelon water, mung bean soup, soybean milk, milk, rice juice, vegetable soup and other cool liquid food. The children with hyperhidrosis should rub their skin frequently. Rub the skin on the bone eminence (such as sacrum and tail) regularly with hot towel to prevent bedsore.