Symptoms of encephalomyelitis?

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The neighbor's child was just a few years old, just the right age, but was tested to have acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. His parents were very anxious. They came to ask me if I knew anything about the disease. I was at a loss for a moment. Later, I consulted a professional doctor who told me a lot about acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The manifestations of the disease are cerebral hemisphere involvement, mental disorders, epilepsy, disturbance of consciousness, hemianopia, paralysis, involuntary movement or myoclonus, cerebellum and brain stem involvement, cerebellar ataxia. So how is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis infected. How to treat that. Let's take a look at the following.

Symptoms of encephalomyelitis?

In order to control the development of the disease as soon as possible, intravenous injection or drip of sufficient amount of steroid hormone drugs and azathioprine should be combined (the peripheral blood picture should be closely observed, and stop in time if the blood drop is faster or lower than normal). Symptomatic treatment such as mannitol to reduce high intracranial pressure, antibiotics to treat pulmonary infection, limb passive movement to prevent joint muscle contracture and prevent bedsore.

Clinically, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis can be divided into two types: post vaccination encephalomyelitis and post infection encephalomyelitis. The two types are different. After vaccination, encephalomyelitis can occur after rabies vaccine, vaccinia, measles vaccine and Japanese encephalitis vaccine, and the highest incidence is after rabies vaccine. It is usually seen 2-15 days after inoculation.

In the treatment of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, adrenocortical hormone (methylprednisone, prednisone) or ACTH (corticotropin) should be used as early as possible, and symptomatic treatment should be carried out. For patients with severe and complicated pulmonary and urinary tract infections, appropriate antibiotics should be selected according to the condition, and anti infection treatment should be strengthened.

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The highest incidence of post infection encephalomyelitis was measles, followed by chickenpox, rubella, mumps and influenza. The most common cases were 7-14 days after virus infection or 2-4 days after rash.