A Texas college student spent months suffering from unexplained seizures and psychosis before UTHealth Houston doctors determined she had a rare condition.
There is no cure for measles. Doctors can provide supportive care and try to manage the symptoms — reduce fever, prevent dehydration, treat secondary bacterial infections — until the disease has run ...
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 ...
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 ...
ANSWER: Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain, which is a rare condition. It can be caused by infections (especially viruses) or autoimmune reactions, including antibody-mediated encephalitis.
Dear J.M.: Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain, which is a rare condition. It can be caused by infections ...
My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn’t been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating ...
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 ...
A new study reveals a critical vulnerability in a brain receptor targeted by a rare autoimmune disease. Researchers have ...
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis, caused by HSV types 1 and 2, is the most common sporadic viral encephalitis worldwide, with an annual incidence of around 2·2–4·6 per million people.1 Before ...
A new OHSU study shows how the immune system can quietly disrupt brain function — and why the disease is often hard to ...
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