Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, caused by the penetration of various microorganisms into it. There are primary and secondary encephalitis.
The first refers to a disease that develops after bites of a mosquito, mite, enterovirus, viral, herpetic, epidemic infections. What is characteristic, encephalitis can both flow in an easy form, and in a severe, including lethal outcome.
Secondary is encephalitis, which is a consequence of the diseases: rubella, chicken pox, measles, toxoplasmosis, influenza, osteomyelitis, brain abscess.
Encephalitis is very dangerous
The whole danger of encephalitis is that you can get infected anywhere and under any circumstances. So the inhabitants of the 
of the countryside risk to become victims of insects, the bites of which cause inflammation of the brain.
Also, those who take into the food or drink milk and dairy products of cows, goats infected with this virus can be at risk.
Residents of large cities and megacities will also not stand aside from this problem, as here the causes of the disease can become enterovirus infections that develop in the digestive tract and stand out with feces. It is important to know that encephalitis can manifest itself as single cases, and as outbreaks of an epidemic.
Mass impact throughout the body
There are characteristic features of brain tissue damage, according to which they can be divided into three types:
- leukoencephalitis - a disease in the process of which affects exclusively white matter of the brain;
- polyencephalitis - gray matter is involved;
- panencephalitis - both white and gray matter.
After the virus has entered and the incubation period has passed, symptoms gradually begin to appear. What is characteristic, not necessarily all will be present at the same time - it depends on each individual case, some may not appear at all.
Also, the symptomatology depends on the characteristics of the infection: primary or secondary encephalitis and what caused the infection: an insect bite or a complication after a previous illness.
The first thing that a person who becomes infected with encephalitis will begin to feel is a general weakness, aching pain in the extremities. Further, sleep and appetite are disturbed, after which the body temperature rises to 40 degrees Celsius.
After this, there is a breakdown of all organs and systems: respiratory, gastrointestinal. Often during infection, rashes on the skin can be traced.
What are the consequences and dangers of the disease
Encephalitis in mild form can be cured in about three months. As for heavy forms, this process can drag on for many years. That is characteristic, at a heavy current of the disease the lethal outcome comes in approximately 70% of cases of .
There may be complications, the overcoming of which will be a significant part of the patient's health work during rehabilitation.
If the inflammatory process is in the midst of
The consequences of the encephalitis present can be so serious that it will not only lead to health problems in general, but also to disability.
So, in an acute period, the danger can lie in wait for the endocrine system associated with the defeat of the hypothalamic region.
This, in turn, can affect the pathological decline or, conversely, increased appetite, respectively, a sharp weight loss or excessive weight gain, there may be a constant thirst, often cases of dystrophy.
But that's not all: women are experiencing a disorder of the menstrual cycle. Often the disease pulls for itself a defeat of the internal organs.
In the case of epidemic encephalitis, with its endocrine form, symptoms of autonomic nervous system dysfunction may appear: 
salivation, increased sweating, greasiness of the face.
Changes in the neurons of black matter in the chronic stage are overwhelmingly irreversible. Significant changes occur in the cerebral vessels.
The defeat of the sub-urban area can trigger the development of tachycardia, the asymmetry of blood pressure: its rise or fall.
If you miss the moment and do not start treatment, the dangers of encephalitis present, such as the defeat of the subcortical nuclei can lead to a vestibular apparatus disorder and impaired coordination of movements.
A person with the consequences of the disease can lie extremely smoothly, without looking away from one point. The slightest turn of the head, and in some cases, the eye, can lead to severe dizziness, often vomiting.
The most frequent consequences are mental disorders: they rarely manifest as a psychomotor agitation, in most cases, it is, on the contrary, indifference to the environment, detachment, isolation, patients lead an inactive way of life. In rare cases, hypersexuality manifests itself.
The most dangerous is the fulminant form of encephalitis: all the symptoms develop extremely quickly: a sharp jump in body temperature, a severe headache, almost instantaneous impairment of consciousness and coma.
In this case, the lethal outcome comes from bulbar disorders or heart failure in just a few hours, a maximum of several days.
Consequences of tick-borne encephalitis:
When everything seems to be behind
After the encephalitis is transferred, do not think that everything is already over, the consequences of the disease can manifest a long time in the form of:
- deterioration of vision and hearing;
- of meningitis, headaches;
- enuresis;
- respiratory arrest;
- mental retardation;
- weak memory;
- Mental Disorders;
- general weakness;
- paralysis;
- movement coordination disorders.
Complications, in principle, can be avoided if the recommendations of the attending physician are fully observed. To aggravate the positive course of treatment can:
- alcoholism;
- incorrect treatment;
- pregnancy;
- physical and mental fatigue.
