Dr. Anusha Yeshokumar speaker 'Autoimmune Encephalitis: The Bridge Between Neurology and Psychiatry'

Dr. Anusha Yeshokumar is an assistant professor of pediatric neurology at Mt. Sinai, New York City. She is a specialist and researcher in autoimmune encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis and other autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system.

Dr. Yeshokumar spoke at the April 2019 AE Symposium at Weill Cornell "Autoimmune Encephalitis: The Bridge Between Neurology and Psychiatry" as a representative of AE Alliance.

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The neurological symptoms got significantly worse after many years of a stomach illness, that caused inflammation of the entire gastric system along with biopsy showing swollen lymph nodes, Constanct cracked and splitting lips and fever blisters, also developed low thyroid function, had muscle pain and bone pain, went to er and had a steroid shot for headache, after sleeping had trouble walking and severe manic episode, please help

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Tonya Padgett
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I need help I am having most of these symptoms for around 3 1/2 years, MRI showed frontal brain lesions, I’ve been to many Psychiatric wards medicine hasn’t worked, blurred vision, confusion, disorientation, unusual behavior, unusual risky sexual patterns, tingling and neuropathy, head and ear pressure, insomnia, muscle twitching, tremors, appetite changes and weight changes, headaches, severe anxiety, depression, startle easily, ocd, and I stay in bed because holding a conversation is extremely hard to do, extremely hard to drive, shop, sensitivity to light, tinnitus, Please please I need help! These symptoms make it almost impossible to leave home, and go through more unNecessary tests, can I just go somewhere and get the proper tests! Please help me someone