What are the Symptoms of Encephalitis?

A second animation by the Encephalitis Society answering the question, 'what are the symptoms of encephalitis?' in 80 seconds.

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[irmakcobainn]

my father had this disease and he almost died in the intensive care, his heart stopped and then he came back to life thanks to the doctors. I'm glad I still have him with us.. If there is a god who hears me, thanks.

[calvinhopkins]

I think my wife died from this, she saw several Doctors, went to RI hospital twice, where they basically said her illness was imagined, Kent County just went by what RI hospital said and sent her home next day. She had every symptom your web site mentions, she died 2 days after being sent home. At least 3 neurologist said her trouble was imagend, so I guess they would say she died from imagination

[cathysmith]

I have no memory of the start of this illness but was told it began with a seizure. All I can remember is coming round in hospital some while later with no knowledge of who I was or where I was. I gradually recovered and was lucky to eventually get some memory back, but life has never been the same again

[kathymcvey]

I had Encephalitis when I was around 14 years old, I remember having really bad headaches, so bad I couldn't even walk. I had a couple of spinal taps and hospitalized for a while but then better.

[bitchlasagna]

I had changes in sleep, psychosis, i would ramble a lot, confusion, i didn't know anyone at one point, hallucinations, weird tingling, headaches, and i had small seizures. They were about to send me to a ward but my pressure and tempature shot up.

[dgsjrext]

This happened to me but thankfully I recovered in 2-3 weeks. 🙏

[waltersobchak]

I think I had this. I was hallucinating very badly and had sense problems. Could only taste salt. Smelled orange peels. Wasn’t the kind of hallucinating acid causes but real lifelike. Was terrifying. Lasted about a week and slowly went away. Would hallucinate on and off briefly for about two weeks afterwards. Very brief episodes. It felt like I was on high dose ketamine for about four days. I live by a pond which has a high concentration of tiger mosquitoes in Florida. It happened in the summer ten years ago. No family history of mental health issues. I was 38 when it happened. Does this sound like what it was? I wasn’t on any substances at this period also.

[enzone]

I'm here because of the brain on fire movie

[kyirose]

This is the second year I’ve been going to doctors to figure out what is going on. I’ve researched multiple conditions with my symptoms and encephalitis is one of the few that doesn’t have to do with getting old (although likely could be made worse) which makes it a likely contender as I have majority of the symptoms associated with it + I’m only 18 with symptoms starting at 15.

I am definitely bringing this up to my doctor (alongside other conditions that I have more than half the symptoms of.. whether or not it affects my age group) at my next appointment so that I can do tests and either have a diagnosis or scratch off a deadly condition.

[kerrywallen]

I have been diagnosed with this. I’m in recovery mode right now. It started out with some crazy headaches now I’m showing my journey on my YouTube channel - you can check out my journey

[KK-srfh]

My symptom was sleep and headache. I believe I’m relapsing now.

[heatherwanamaker]

I have autoimmune encephalitis and was hospitalized for it. I had confusion and seizures.

[sefdestruct]

used to have this all the time while running fevers when I was young.

[clarekaczmarek]

My aunt already had an illness and she was in hospital for a long time. But then she got encephalitis and sadly passed away

[missykittyable]

Can you only have a headache with this? I've had a headache almost everyday now for months that vary in intensity. Also how long can it go without treatment before something happens.

[merquillehippolyte]

My nephew has just been diagnosed with Encephalitis, earlier this afternoon he had a seizure I'm hurt mane

[zoeyc]

If only my family had know before. My dad was just diagnosed after he got into a car crash from a seizure or blacking out....

[sofiafantin]

Can brain inflammation cause heavy and BURNING headaches.. that find relief when I tilt my head.. basically when my head is lower than my shoulders?? I need to lay down in a “bat position “ in order to find relief … Is there a connection?

[jackiedavies]

had all ;of them memory loss being the worst still trying to find me 10 years down the line .

[JasonStaMaria]

My bestfriend just died last March 6, 2021 because of this and sepsis. Everything went very fast in just almost two weeks. I'm wondering what are the causes of this sickness. 😢