Hemorrhagic encephalitis and treatment features
Hemorrhagic encephalitis, or cerebral hemorrhage, is a set of diseases that is accompanied by inflammation of the brain and causes hemorrhages of varying intensity there. These diseases are extremely rare, however, it is important to know what they are, especially in middle-aged and older people with chronic diseases.
Acute hemorrhagic encephalitis is caused by the presence of increased sensitivity of the body to the tick-borne borelliosis virus and has an infectious-allergic clinical picture. It develops 2-4 days after the bite of a tick, which is a carrier of borreliosis infection. The incubation period is usually several days. The onset of the disease is often acute, with chills and fever up to 39°C. Patients develop complaints of severe hemicrania-type headache, photophobia, meningeal symptoms, vomiting, and impaired consciousness. Subsequently, yellowing of the sclera, increased heart rate, pallor of the skin, and muscle pain are noted. Signs of irritation of the meninges are less pronounced - the patient is restless, but consciousness is preserved. Damage to the heart and kidneys may develop. Chronic hemorrhagic neurosyphilis develops as a result of prolonged contact with squirrel ticks. Women mostly suffer during menopause. However, contact with a sick person may