Genital Herpes : Complications

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Complications could include:
Various complications are associated with herpes infection. The herpes virus is of special significance to women because research has found that it can cause cancer of the cervix. The risk increases when HSV is present in combination with human pa...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 7, 2008
Although physically and emotionally painful, genital herpes is usually not a serious disease. The primary infection can be severe and may require hospitalization for treatment. Complications of the primary infection may involve the cervix, urinary...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Although physically and emotionally painful, genital herpes is usually not a life-threatening disease. The primary infection can be severe and may require hospitalization for treatment. Complications of the primary infection may involve the cervix...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Encephalitis is an inflammation (irritation and swelling) of the brain, usually caused by infections. See also meningitis .
Source:ADAM
Date:September 7, 2006
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 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 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
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 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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Source:ADAM
Date:October 11, 2006
Incontinence is the loss of normal control of the bowel or bladder. Incontinence can involve the involuntary voiding of urine (urinary incontinence) or of stool and gas (fecal or bowel incontinence).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control the passage of gas or stools (feces) through the anus. For some people, fecal incontinence is a relatively minor problem that is limited to a slight occasional soiling of underwear, but for others it involves a considerable loss of bowel control.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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