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Aseptic Meningitits : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:

Complications Overview Articles

Aseptic meningitis
Encephalitis (infection of brain itself) may develop, though this is rare. Infection may last much longer in a person with a depressed immune system.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 6, 2006

Specific Complications Articles

Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an inflammation (irritation and swelling) of the brain, usually caused by infections. See also meningitis .
Source:ADAM
Date:September 7, 2006
Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
Although the word meningitis suggests an inflammation of the meninges only, there is always some involvement of the most superficial parts of the brain that are contiguous to the meninges. Often there are also alterations in the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Source:Elsevier
Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a direct viral infection or a hypersensitivity reaction to a virus or foreign protein. Brain inflammation caused by a bacterial infection is sometimes called cerebritis.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Encephalitis
An inflammatory disease of the brain caused by a virus that either has invaded the brain, or a virus appearing elsewhere in the body that has caused a sensitivity reaction in the brain. Encephalitis infects the brain tissue itself and has serious consequences.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Encephalitis and Meningitis
Encephalitis is an acute inflammatory process that affects brain tissue and is almost always accompanied by inflammation of the adjacent meninges (tissues lining the brain). There are many types of encephalitis, most of which are caused by viral infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a direct viral infection or a hypersensitivity reaction to a virus or foreign protein. Brain inflammation caused by a bacterial infection is sometimes called cerebritis.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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