Diseases of the nervous system (neurology)

Influenza encephalitis

Influenza encephalitis causes influenza viruses A1, A2, A3, B. Occurs as a complication of the flu. Pathogenetic mechanisms for influenza infection are neurotoxicosis and discirculatory phenomena in the brain.

Epidemic lethargic encephalitis Economome (encephalitis A): causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

The epidemic lethargic encephalitis of Ekonomo (encephalitis A) was first recorded in 1915 in the troops near Verdun and was described in 1917 by the Viennese neurologist Ekonomo. The disease in those years was in the form of epidemics that swept across many countries of the world. In subsequent years, all cases of the disease remained sporadic.

Encephalitis caused by the herpes simplex virus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Encephalitis caused by the herpes simplex virus begins acutely, with the rise in body temperature. Meningeal symptoms appear quickly, and general epileptic seizures often occur. Focal symptoms are manifested by central mono- and hemiparesis, hyperkinesis.

St. Louis encephalitis (American): causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Encephalitis St. Louis (American) is distributed in various parts of the United States. The causative agent of the disease is arbovirus (a filtering neurotropic virus) transmitted by blood-sucking mosquitoes. The disease occurs in late summer in the form of small epidemics.

Japanese mosquito encephalitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Japanese mosquito encephalitis (synonyms - encephalitis B, encephalitis of the Primorsky Territory) is widespread in Primorsky Krai, Japan, Manchuria.

Encephalitis: causes and classification

Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain substance. Currently, encephalitis is not only called infectious, but also infectious-allergic, allergic and toxic damage to the brain.

Acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

The causative agent of acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis is a filtering virus isolated by Armstrong and Lilly in 1934. The main reservoir of the virus is gray house mice that excrete the pathogen with nasal mucus, urine and feces. Infection of a person occurs due to the use of food products infected with mice, as well as airborne droplets when inhaled dust. Acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis is more often sporadic, but epidemic outbreaks are also possible.

Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (meningococcal infection)

Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is caused by gram-negative diplococcus - meningococcal Weixelbaum. The disease is transmitted by airborne droplets. Entrance gates are the mucous membrane of throat and nasopharynx. Meningococci penetrate into the nervous system by hematogenesis. The source of infection are not only sick, but also healthy carriers. The most common cases of meningitis are in winter and spring. Sporadic diseases are noted at any time of the year.

Purulent meningitis

The main pathogens of purulent meningitis in newborns and children - streptococcus group B or D, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Haemophilus influenzae, in adults - pneumococci, staphylococcus, etc. Risk factors include immunodeficiency, craniocerebral trauma, surgery on the head and neck .

Treatment of dyscirculatory encephalopathy

The goal of treatment of chronic cerebral circulatory insufficiency is stabilization, suspension of the destructive process of brain ischemia, slowing down of progression, activation of sanogenetic mechanisms of compensation of functions, prevention of both primary and repeated stroke, therapy of basic background diseases and concomitant somatic processes.

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