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encephalitis


by: Cheryl on Tue, Aug 07 2007

my 12 year old daughter is currently in hospital recovering from operation to relieve cerebellum swelling from encephalitis. She had severe headaches/vomiting/slurred speech. Still cannot move arms and breathe on her own at night. After 2 weeks of test after test, neurologists/infectious disease experts still don’t know what kind of virus she contracted.

I belive it is mosquito-related having seen mosquito bites on stomach, however, west nile ruled out as well as herpes and some animal viruses. There must be someone out there with an answer. She can’t be the only one like this without a logical explanation. Help!!!!!

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  1. Fri, Sep 28 2007
    Hi Mary. She is doing pretty good. She takes three steps forward and one step back. She is still in the hospital and is doing therapy. I guess a c...Read
  2. Fri, Sep 28 2007
    Hi Dianna~ How is your cousin doing?...Read
  3. Wed, Sep 05 2007
    We haven't experienced any "fits", although I'm always suspicious of drugs and combinations of drugs, particularly when they aren't quite su...Read
  4. Tue, Sep 04 2007
    Being hit in the head were one of the first things we thought of but they did a brain scan and there was no trauma. We had even wondered if someone c...Read
  5. Tue, Sep 04 2007
    From what I know about encephalitis, this case is so weird! I bet her doctors are baffled, too. Is there any chance she could have hit her head or c...Read

August 2007

  • encephalitis - by Cheryl - (Tue, Aug 07 2007)
    my 12 year old daughter is currently in hospital recovering from operation to relieve cerebellum swelling from encephalitis. She had severe headaches/vomiting/slurred speech. Still cannot move arms and breathe on her own at night. After 2 weeks of test after test, neurologists/infectious disease experts still don’t know what kind of virus she contracted. [more..]
  • Post encephalitis - by Oliver - (Mon, Aug 06 2007)
    After having Herpes Simplex Encephalitis in 2000…I began to have momentary incidents of a very strange feeling - Right out of a horror novel,,,the feeling of “the hair standing up on the back of my neck” While unpleasant, they occurred while driving/laying down to sleep/walking to a store/even while rockclimbing! [more..]
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