What are the symptoms of chronic encephalitis?

The symptoms of chronic encephalitis mainly include high fever, severe headache, loss of appetite, or vomiting, convulsions, and unconsciousness. Therefore, when these abnormal symptoms are found, it is important to pay attention to comprehensive examinations and correct treatment.

1. High fever (40℃), stiff neck, severe headache, loss of appetite, confusion, vomiting, convulsions, fatigue, drowsiness, photosensitivity, small blood spots on the skin, skin rash {especially in the armpits, hands and feet}. These symptoms of meningitis are similar to those of colds and are often the cause of misdiagnosis. Symptoms may change within one to two days, and some may become life-threatening within hours.

2. In infants and young children, symptoms such as high fever, headache, and stiff neck are not typical, but hypothermia sometimes occurs. Symptoms in this group of patients included: sharp, continuous crying, unusual sleepiness, poor appetite, extreme sensitivity, and some had enlarged fontanelles.

3. In the elderly, the above symptoms may or may not appear, but they may show latent symptoms such as confusion and dullness.

4. Encephalitis refers to an inflammatory lesion caused by the invasion of brain parenchyma by pathogens. The vast majority of causes are viruses, but they can also be caused by infections such as bacteria, fungi, spirochetes, rickettsia, parasites, etc. Some may be allergic diseases, such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Encephalitis usually refers to viral encephalitis and post-infectious encephalomyelitis, which is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.