What is Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused by a viral infection. Sometimes, encephalitis can result from a bacterial infection, such as bacterial meningiti...
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Dear Hep. A or B Carriers....It can be totally eli...
KDRichy May 29, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009 |
Dear Hep. A or B Carriers....It can be totally eliminated in 4 days..No Bull...I had Hep. and was given 4 Herb capsules a day...and now its totally gone..contact me if you wish....RKD
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Dear People....There is an Herbal Fix f...
KDRichy May 28, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
Dear People....There is an Herbal Fix for Cirrhosis caused either by Hep. A or B and/or alcohol abuse...Contact me if you wish: richardkdouglas@hotmail.com1 Recommendation -
the trust is slowly coming...not...
trinaf Feb 23, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
the trust is slowly coming...not much choice in that really. when i feel like i can no longer trust my senses or my brain...there is only trust in god left. perhaps this is a great gift...it was just heavily disguised, as most great gifts are, they are there for us to decipher rather than just unwrap.
the acceptance is coming along in spurts and leaps, followed by more denial. &...
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rounded a small corner last week...
trinaf Feb 15, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
rounded a small corner last week, letting go of the past and feeling a little more ready to enter my new life. the anxiety is still coming and going, sometimes i feel so overwhelmed that i think i will just curl into a tight ball and go into hibernation. And at other times i feel the old me fully present and so familiar... i love those moments. i still miss me, and i feel no familiari...1 Comment -
i am rapidly approaching the time to decide whethe...
trinaf Feb 09, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009 |
i am rapidly approaching the time to decide whether to go back to work or not. I want to because i really love my job and i enjoy the stimulation, it is good for me. However, what was thought provoking and challenging before i got sick is now often just overwhelming and can leave me feeling anxious for days. Have just decided (I think) to delay my PhD pursuits and continue un-enrolled at my ow...1 Recommendation -
Oh, I thought I was so smart, I have a month to lo...
twinky Nov 13, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
Oh, I thought I was so smart, I have a month to loose 50lbs. 6mo. ago I said that and I was going to do it, Remember? Now I am going to get it from the Dr. I just pigged out.
I stuck to it here and there but I didn't loose or gain...
I laugh but I am,looking at diabetes, oops. I am doing great though I am happy, my chiropracter says I am doig wonderful, I am almost done there (it's a great...1 Recommendation -
In this case the letters are red because I'm j...
galed7956 Nov 08, 2008
I can't even go to the bathroom without someone making a comment!!!
Saturday, November 8, 2008 |
In this case the letters are red because I'm just generally agrivated beyond belief. I was just going to do a journal entry when a guy on DS I befriended from Sweden wanted to chat. I was thinking that I should not accept but I don't like to be or seem nasty. I accepted to chat then he was in the midst of chatting and I had to make something clear to him then I said &quo...1 Recommendation -
Today I had an appointment at Career Link wi...
galed7956 Nov 07, 2008
Today I went to OVR to see my rep and we had to change job plans!!!
Friday, November 7, 2008 |
Today I had an appointment at Career Link with my OVR rep. I saw the handicapped man that works there and got a new electric wheelchair. His old one was so worn when I talked to hm the last time and he told me that he was getting another one. He had to get a Jazzy because if he would have gotten the other choice that he had he would have had to pay 30% of the cost which wo...1 Recommendation4 Comments -
I had my appointment today with the Endrochronolog...
galed7956 Nov 06, 2008
I don't know what is going to happen to me!!! Will I survive this illness, another illness!!!
Thursday, November 6, 2008 |
I had my appointment today with the Endrochronologist but before we were picked up my Mother desides to start ragging on me because I had asked her to take my O2 canister off the filling machine and after two seconds of trying she said her usual response "I can't do this" and then I said that I knew I was going to get her stock answer. Then I told her it figured because she wa...1 Recommendation2 Comments -
Tomorrow I go to see the Endro doc for the first t...
galed7956 Nov 04, 2008
Maybe tomorrow all this sickness will end because I see the Endro for the first time!!!!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 |
Tomorrow I go to see the Endro doc for the first time and here's hoping that alll this feeling horrible or sick ends. This color is really . There that's a little better. I hope that he can help me because from what I hear from people here and from the National Adrenal
Assoc. I am supposed to have some kind of steroid plus an emergency kit. So lets see what ha...1 Recommendation4 Comments -
I wish that one choice for marking the entry was ...
galed7956 Nov 03, 2008
I am not here right now and can't figure how I'm typing this?
Monday, November 3, 2008 |
I wish that one choice for marking the entry was "sick as hell" because pain is there, Call for help is there, Rambling is there, etc. but not sick or feeling horrible and that doesn't figure to me. I mean aren't most people here sick? I know that I don't have to put anything there but since they have stuff in there to use I usually pick somethi...1 Recommendation1 Comment -
I hope that God is reading this entry because I st...
galed7956 Nov 03, 2008
This Addison's disease really wipes you out and makes you feel so sick!!!!
Monday, November 3, 2008 |
I hope that God is reading this entry because I still feel so horrible. I feel so shaky and my chest feels so weird. I know that my heart was hurting on Thursday on the way home and then yesterday I had a horrible headache that felt alright when the lights were out but when they were on WOW!!!! I used to get migraines before and thought they were bad but my head hurt so ba...1 Recommendation3 Comments
Friday, May 29, 2009 |
Dear Hep. A or B Carriers....It can be totally eliminated in 4 days..No Bull...I had Hep. and was given 4 Herb capsules a day...and now its totally g...
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Encephalitis Information
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused by a viral infection. Sometimes, encephalitis can result from a bacterial infection, such as bacterial meningitis, or it may be a complication of other infectious diseases like rabies (viral) or syphilis (bacterial). Certain parasitic protozoal infestations, like by toxoplasma, can also cause encephalitis in people with compromised immune systems. Brain damage occurs as the inflamed brain pushes against the skull, and, depending on its severity, can lead to death.
Patients with encephalitis suffer from fever, headache, vomiting, confusion, drowsiness and photophobia. The patients could also suffer from weakness, seizure, and less commonly, stiffness of the neck. Rarely, the patients may have limb stiffness, slowness in movement and clumsiness, depending on the specific part of the brain involved. The symptoms of encephalitis are caused by the brain's defense mechanisms activating to get rid of the infection, including swelling, small bleedings and cell death.
Treatment is usually symptomatic. Reliably tested specific antiviral agents are available only for a few viral agents (e.g. aciclovir for herpes encephalitis) and are used with limited success for most infection except herpes simplex encephalitis. In patients who are very sick, supportive treatment, such as mechanical ventilation, is equally important.
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