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View Post: Encephalitis
24 Oct 2009 by MR.G  
Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain. It can be caused by bacterial infections and, most often, viral infections.Several thousand cases of encephalitis are reported each year, but many more may actually occur, since the symptoms ...
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View Post: What Is Encephalitis? What Causes Encephalitis?
31 Oct 2009 by Alfie  
... inflammation of the brain. A person with encephalitis can suffer life-threatening damage to their brain. In recent years improvements in diagnosing techniques and the introduction of new anti-viral medicines (such as acyclovir) have ...
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View Post: meningococcal encephalitis
26 Aug 2009 by LindseyB  
among its many functions, eeg is used to help diagnose certain seizure disorders, brain damage from head injuries, specific viral infections such as herpes virus, and inflammation of the brain and/or spinal cord. ...
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View Post: intracranial hemorrhage I have a mild viral encephalitis, has been ...
19 Jul 2009
Viral encephalitis is a viral infection caused by the inflammation of brain substance. 銆斻'?Cause when the virus enters the human body, the first advancedInto the blood, caused by viremia, followed by organ or body can be ... Caused by the herpes simplex virus are available acyclovir; other virus are available and ribavirin combination therapy in traditional Chinese and western medicine. Viral encephalitis and the prognosis is closely related to pathogenic infection. ...
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View Post: nondominant hemisphere encephalitis in patient with signs of viral ...
1 Aug 2009 by salud equitativa  
these factors can be explained by the location of cerebral inflammation in the nondominant lobe of the brain, thereby masking signs of encephalitis. the classic teaching that viral meningitis may not need treatment may miss the ...
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View Post: VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS
29 Apr 2009 by My name is Darby McGrann  
Although the term "encephalitis" literally means "inflammation of the brain," it usually refers to brain inflammation resulting from a viral infection. The severe and potentially life-threatening form of this disease is rare. ...
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View Post: Encephalitis - New World Encyclopedia
11 Jan 2008
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused by a viral infection. An inflammation that includes both the brain and the spinal cord is called encephalomyelitis (Longe 2006). While the term encephalitis also includes inflammations .... Reliably tested specific antiviral agents are available only for a few viral agents (e.g. acyclovir for herpes encephalitis) and are used with limited success for most infection except herpes simplex encephalitis. ...
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View Post: Gloria Lemay » Herpes Simplex in Pregnancy
12 Nov 2009 by gloria  
Dangers to the baby who develops herpes include death (60% mortality rate), herpes encephalitis or aseptic meningitis (inflammation of the brain or spinal cord), which, in turn, leads to neurological damage. The first symptom of disease in the newborn ... If the woman is having recurrent outbreaks in pregnancy despite all the preventive measures taken, at 36 weeks the midwife may suggest she take Acyclovir 400 mg BID daily until the birth. Pharmaceuticals are thought to ...
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View Post: encephalitis
6 Aug 2008 by Dash  
encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. acute infectious encephalitis is most often caused by a virus. enteroviruses cause about 80 percent of all cases. arboviruses, transmitted by insects such as ticks and mosquitoes, ...
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View Post: viral encephalitis
20 Jul 2006 by the-darling-angel  
some causes of viral encephalitis, such as herpes simplex virus, can be treated with antiviral drugs such as acyclovir, but not many. corticosteroids may be used to reduce inflammation of the brain. in very rare cases the brain damage ...
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