In a condition known as "IgLON5 encephalitis," the immune system mistakenly attacks cells in the brain. This leads to brain ...

You may not have heard of Helen Edwards yet, but the 74-year-old grandmother could save your life. Her story went viral after she repeatedly sought help for encephalitis symptoms three times only to ...

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February 22 marks World Encephalitis Day, helping to raise awareness of a disease many don't know about. In the last decade in the United States, approximately 250,000 patients were admitted to the ...

The study included adults with HSV encephalitis admitted to UK hospitals who were randomly assigned to receive intravenous dexamethasone plus intravenous acyclovir or intravenous acyclovir alone ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn’t been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he suddenly had four seizures. The doctors are worried ...

A major UK clinical trial has shown that adding the corticosteroid dexamethasone to standard antiviral treatment for encephalitis (brain inflammation), caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) does not ...