encephalitis
Let an agent explain encephalitis and its causes in general terms from clinical guidelines, describe infectious and autoimmune forms, relay diagnosis and treatment approaches, and route anyone with symptoms to emergency care first.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain encephalitis and its causes in general terms from clinical guidelines, describe infectious and autoimmune forms, relay diagnosis and treatment approaches, and route anyone with symptoms to emergency care first.
Inflammation of the brain, most often caused by viral infection such as herpes simplex, enteroviruses, arboviruses and rabies, by autoimmune processes including anti-NMDA receptor and limbic encephalitis, which may be paraneoplastic or non-paraneoplastic, or by bacterial and syphilitic infection, presenting with fever, headache, confusion, seizures and focal deficits; encephalitis is a medical emergency diagnosed by lumbar puncture, imaging and antibody tests and treated with antivirals, immunotherapy and supportive care.
What it is for: Not applicable; a medical condition.
It can be explain causes and forms; relay diagnosis and treatment approaches; relay prevention such as vaccination; route to emergency care.
Distinguishing features
Brain parenchyma inflammation
Infectious and autoimmune causes
Neurological emergency
Antibody-defined syndromes
What it looks like
Not a visible object; an acute neurological illness.
Physical character
incidence: about 5-10 per 100000 per year - estimates
herpes simplex encephalitis untreated mortality: about 70 percent - historical
How it is recognised
Inflammation of the brain
Viral, autoimmune, limbic, paraneoplastic and infectious forms
Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes; encephalopathy is brain dysfunction without inflammation
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with - inflammation of the meninges
is treated with - for herpes simplex encephalitis
In practice
Families and kinds
viral encephalitis: herpes simplex, enterovirus, arbovirus, rabies
autoimmune encephalitis such as anti-NMDA receptor
limbic encephalitis, paraneoplastic and non-paraneoplastic
post-infectious encephalitis
bacterial and syphilitic encephalitis
mild encephalitis as a proposed concept
Identifiers
ICD-11 1C80 viral encephalitis
MeSH D004660
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines on encephalitis management
Vaccination programmes for Japanese and tick-borne encephalitis
Notifiable disease rules for some causes
Failure modes and hazards
Death and long-term disability
Delayed treatment
Agents giving personal medical advice
Confusing with meningitis
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Getting help first.
Safety.
Emergency
Emergency signs.
Emergency
Emergency.
- What symptoms such as confusion, seizures or reduced consciousness need emergency care? action
- Is the user describing someone with these symptoms, which needs emergency services now? boundary
Care
Specialist care.
Care
Care.
- How is encephalitis diagnosed and treated in hospital, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own case, which needs their clinicians? boundary
Understand The condition.
Clinical.
Causes
Causes and forms.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes encephalitis, and how do infectious and autoimmune forms differ? definition
- Is the question about encephalitis, meningitis or encephalopathy? boundary
Autoimmune
Autoimmune encephalitis.
Autoimmune
Autoimmune.
- What are limbic, paraneoplastic and antibody-defined encephalitides, as research describes? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Prevent Prevention and recovery.
Public health.
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- Which forms are preventable by vaccination or vector control? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Recovery
Recovery and rehabilitation.
Recovery
Recovery.
- What are the long-term outcomes, and what rehabilitation and support exist? provenance
- Which entry fits neurorehabilitation? action
Context Epidemiology and history.
Context.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
- Where do the different encephalitides occur, with sources? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How have encephalitis epidemics such as encephalitis lethargica been understood historically? provenance
- Which entry fits encephalitis lethargica? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should autoimmune encephalitis be a separate primary entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming subtypes and a proposed concept; should they be split off?