Encephalitis

Cahalan is a story of the author and her struggle with a rare disease in her brain. It made her scared, hallucinatory and affected her relationship with her peers. In the end, the condition was a unique rare brain disease called anti-NMDAS-receptor encephalitis. Cahalan was a bright twenty-four year old woman who lived in New York City and a reporter for the New York Post. She has worked in that Post since she was seventeen when she was hired as an intern. She got a degree at Washington University in

(CDC), adults older than 20 years of age are more likely to suffer from measles complications. Pregnant women with measles can risk early labor, miscarriage, and low birth weight in newborns. Pneumonia can hit the elderly particularly hard, while encephalitis, seizures and death are also possible complications in adults with measles.

since 1999, including over 500 deaths. Many more people have likely been infected with WNV, but have experienced mild or no symptoms. What is the history of the West Nile virus? West Nile virus is an emerging infectious disease that can cause encephalitis

Awakenings is a 1973 nonfiction book by Oliver Sacks later on in 1990 became a film directed by Penny Marshall. The movie is based on Oliver Sacks's memoir which tells the story of encephalitic lethargica survivors as they undergo treatment with Dr.Sacks. He treated his patients with the then-new drug L-DOPA which was being used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Dr.Sacks believed that the encephalitic lethargica patients had suffered from a form of Parkinson’s that was so advanced which caused them to

is an autobiography by Susannah Cahalan. There were many psychological issues in the book; some were paranoia, seizures, hallucinations, memory loss, bipolar disorder, and Capgras syndrome. These were all effects of anti-NMDA-receptor autoimmune encephalitis, which causes severe inflammation in the brain. Autoantibodies attack its own NMDA receptors, which control electrical impulses in the brain. Susannah’s issues disappeared during and after her recovery. For the most part, the portrayal of her psychological

attacks the Central Nervous System. It can cause inflammation of tissues in and around the brain and spinal cord. In humans, there are three levels of West Nile Virus, which have different symptoms. Humans can also get specific diseases such as encephalitis from West Nile Virus. West Nile Virus also affects animals. Wild birds and horses are the most susceptible to the virus and most animal deaths occur in these species. Dogs and cats are much less likely to contract the disease. The only way for

Tic Disorder Nia D. Malcom Intro to Abnormal Psychology Atlanta Metropolitan State College As stated by Chestin M. Berlin, having a tic disorder involves a wide variety of many disorders including the most common, which is Tourette’s syndrome. Tourette’s syndrome is a neurological disorder that involves having many vocal and motor tics. An individual is most likely to have it if the tics last consistently for more than a year. (Berlin, 3, 1995). Several people have either motor tics

(see image 1) The symptoms usually last about 2 weeks in all. Rare Symptoms There are more serious symptoms of having mumps, but although these are more severe they are also a lot less common. The rare or uncommon symptoms include: • Encephalitis- inflammation of the brain • Inflammation of the nervous system • Infection of the middle ear • A very high fever • Severe headache • Breathing difficulty Long term damage & disabilities It is very important to immunise against this

At least in the United States, bacterial meningitis is declining as a public health issue. However, that being said it still is a serious medical condition that continues to have the potential of high mortality and morbidity. Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, medically called the meninges. This inflammation may be caused by virus, bacteria, certain microorganisms, and even by certain drugs. The reason it is so serious is due to the proximity

and he exposed the virus, no specific medicine is able to kill the virus. However, some precautions are able to relieve the signs and symptoms of the disease, and decrease the serious complications which they lead to death such as Bronchitis, Encephalitis and Pneumonia. For example, the child who non immunized and exposed the virus, should take a vaccine such as MMR and MMRV during 72 hours. Moreover, the child should take fever reducers, antibiotics which reduce the complications and vitamin A