Treatment of Meningoencephalitis
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Meningoencephalitis is a severe condition that significantly affects the brain and its meninx. Its consequences are often quite fatal if it is untreated. This depends on the damaged caused to the nervous system. The condition has a negative prognosis due to the risk of death.
Meningoencephalitis can be caused by encephalitides. Other causes also include measles, chickenpox and rubella.
The condition can also be provoked by inflammations of the sinuses. The disease can manifest itself immediately. Changes appear very rapidly, and suddenly aggravate the patient’s condition and cause death in severe cases. The symptoms of subacute type of the disease manifest itself gradually and are not very pronounced. The chronic type of the condition has periods of exacerbations and remissions.
The condition can be either a complication of encephalitis and meningitis or the manifestation of infection. Therefore, the disease has the following symptoms:
- Patient’s general state of health is quite severe
- Fever
- Impaired perception of reality
- Person can be nervous or passive
- Episodes of vomiting
The diagnosis is usually made using brain MRI or blood test.
- Meningoencephalitis is the condition that requires inpatient treatment. The timely therapeutic measures are a precondition for a favourable prognosis and speedy recovery. Once the condition has been diagnosed, the patient gets in the department of infectious diseases, where they will receive effective and comprehensive medical care.
- Lumbar puncture is used for an accurate and timely detection of causes of meningoencephalitis. This procedure also contributes to a significant relief of the patient’s condition and decreased intracranial pressure. Specialists prescribe treatment on the basis of the obtained data. The treatment aims to develop a complex of measures for eliminating the causes of the disease, to relieve the symptoms and to avoid further complications. The therapy involves the use of different drugs that can improve blood circulation and help to avoid seizures.
Authors: Dr. Nadezhda Ivanisova, Dr. Sergey Pashchenko