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Viral encephalitis
Is an inflammation of the brain caused by a virus. The major risk is permanent brain damage. Children aged one year or less and adults aged 55 years and over are at increased risk of life threatening complications. Encephalitis symptoms can appear within 2 days to 2 weeks of exposure to the virus. Many people who are infected do not develop any symptoms. In milder cases, symptoms may resemble the flu. In severe cases of encephalitis, symptoms may include:
Symptoms:
- Fever
- Headache
- Vomiting
- Lethargy and reduced consciousness
- Seizures
- Memory loss
- Stiff neck and back
- Confusion
- Speech, hearing, and vision problems
- Muscle weakness
- Partial paralysis
- Loss of consciousness
- Coma
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Neurologist appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Brain ultrasound (Neurosonography)
- Computer tomography
- Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) analysis
- Ophthalmologist consultation
- Ophthalmochromoscopy
Doctors
Neurologist
Doctor of the highest qualification category «Neurology»
Neurologist, reflexologist
Candidate of Medical Science
