What are the symptoms of mild encephalitis?

If encephalitis is relatively mild, with symptoms a bit like a cold, the child will have symptoms of high fever. Fever often causes the child to become mentally depressed, have a poor appetite, and cause muscle pain, diarrhea, abdominal pain and other symptoms. If the child continues to have such symptoms, he or she should go to the hospital for examination in time to avoid severe encephalitis and affect the child's health and life safety.

What are the symptoms of mild encephalitis? Viral encephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain parenchyma caused by viral infection, which is often manifested by symptoms such as fever, headache, convulsions, impaired consciousness and meningeal irritation. The severity of the disease varies. Mild cases may improve on their own, while severe cases will present a rapid progression and may lead to death and sequelae. Viral infections can also affect the meninges and cause meningitis. If both the meninges and brain tissue are infected at the same time, it is called viral meningoencephalitis. There are many types of viruses that cause viral encephalitis, including arboviruses, enteroviruses, herpes viruses, rubella viruses, adenoviruses, etc.

Pathogenesis of viral encephalitis

It is related to the body's immunity, age and season. When a person is overly tired, mentally stressed, or in poor nutritional status, it may lead to low immunity and make viral encephalitis more likely to occur. Winter is very cold and it is easy to catch a cold, which leads to a decrease in the body's immunity. We should be alert to the occurrence of viral encephalitis.

Most of the viral encephalitis that is common in winter is sporadic and not contagious. Only by going to a hospital with adequate neurology department for timely and appropriate treatment can most patients be cured, that is, fully recover to normal. Among the Chinese population, most have received vaccinations during childhood, and there are relatively few patients with epidemic viral encephalitis.

A patient's chances of survival and recovery depend largely on the type of virus. If bacterial meningitis is treated promptly, the mortality rate is very low. However, delayed treatment can cause irreversible brain damage or death, especially in infants and the elderly. Most people recover fully. For some sequelae, lifelong treatment is required. Herpes encephalitis can cause very serious brain damage. To ensure a good recovery, treatment should be started as early as possible before the person goes into a coma. Adults recover better after recovery, but children take longer to recover, and infants may suffer irreversible damage. However, if the treatment is timely, there will usually be no sequelae and there is a great possibility of cure. Pay attention to timely observation and do not delay treatment.

This is an introduction to the typical symptoms of mild viral encephalitis. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. It is worth noting that some patients' symptoms are not obvious, or they have mild mental symptoms, which may indicate viral encephalitis. Once this happens, they should seek medical treatment immediately.