Meningoencephalitis is considered one of the most dangerous inflammatory diseases. The pathological process affects not only the membranes of the brain, but also its tissues, neuronal cells. Encephalitic meningitis can lead to serious complications, up to disability and death, therefore the determining criterion in its treatment is the time of diagnosis.
Causes and symptoms of encephalitic meningitis
Factors provoking the development of this disease:
1. Primary:
- Infectious inflammation of the tissue and membranes of the brain;
- penetration into the body of viruses that can overcome the blood-brain barrier;
- bite of an encephalitis mite.
2. Secondary:
- herpes;
- parotitis;
- sinusitis;
- purulent otitis media ;
- angina;
- caries and inflammatory diseases of the gums;
- rheumatic pathologies;
- autoimmune disorders;
- allergic reactions.
Characteristic symptoms:
- apathy and fatigue;
- headache;
- joint pain;
- muscle atony;
- sensitivity disorders;
- heat;
- lack of appetite.
Progression of the disease is accompanied by more specific meningeal and neurological signs against the background of a common inflammation of the tissues and membranes of the brain.
Encephalitic meningitis - is it curable?
With the timely access to the hospital and the proper formulation of a therapeutic regimen, meningoencephalitis is cured. For this, drugs from different groups are used, in accordance with the causative agent of pathology:
- antibiotics;
- antifungal agents;
- antihistamine medicines;
- antiviral drugs;
- immunomodulators ;
- corticosteroid hormones.
Consequences of encephalitic meningitis
If therapy of the described disease began late, and meningoencephalitis progressed for a long time, complications can be deplorable:
- malfunctions in the cardiovascular system;
- speech impairment;
- loss of the swallowing reflex;
- impairment of lung function;
- paralysis and paresis of muscles;
- death.