Already a member? Sign in

Welcome to Inspire!

What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.

Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.

How - Joining Inspire is completely free and usually takes less than a minute. Join now!

Diagnosis of encephalitis

Discuss the experience of being diagnosed. What type of encephalitis were you diagnosed with?

The e related books thread

By muzzamo · New reply July 22, 2009
3 replies
Hi all, I thought it would be worthwhile to discuss the books that we have discovered are related to E. I'll start with this one: http://www.amazon.com/reader/1932603409? _encoding=UTF8&query=fatigue#reader ...

QUESTION ABOUT SIEZERS

By yetzabee · New reply July 22, 2009
16 replies
Understanding that you are not doctors but people who suffered E. I wondered if a person can have siezers and not know it after E? I know there are different types of siezers and when this first started ...

Damage to nerve ending in eyes

By samuel · New reply July 18, 2009
5 replies
Hello to you all, my name is sam, and I was wonding if any of you share similar symptoms or have any info on eye bluriness, and with me coupled with social anxiety. I read that the virus can cause nerve ...

meningo-encephalitis?

By likaloha · New reply July 16, 2009
19 replies
Hi everyone... I have been talking to lots of nice folks who have lived through encephalitis-- in one form or another.. although I usually identify myself as an E survivor, I, in fact, had west nile meningo-encephalitis ...

Can ANYONE identify?

By Tpenkhus · New reply July 8, 2009
18 replies
I have been a member now for a while. Mostly I have scaneed the topics and watched for situations that may be similar to that of my wife Ann. I have not come accross anything. So I'm going to put this ...

Another cause of encephalitis

By WendyStation · New reply June 15, 2009
1 reply
Just when we think we've heard 'em all.... Teenager was diagnosed with encephalitis secondary to ingestion of a male enhancement drug (yohimbe). http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jun/ 14/new-york-teen-suing-naples-laboratory ...

Such a thing as 'Mild' Encephalitis?

By 1066 · New reply June 11, 2009
16 replies
Hi I have only found and joined this forum today so would like to say hello to everyone. I hope no-one will mind me posting on here as I have read a lot of your posts and I have not actually been diagnosed ...

Enecphaliltis HSV

By populus02 · New reply June 10, 2009
7 replies
Hi my names dean, Im 20 now and last year i was 19 in southern Iraq with the British Army, we were taking part in night time patrols trying to push the rebel rocket crews away from our base. After only ...

www.ktuu.com link re: neurologist assessments

By lemonplegde · New reply June 9, 2009
4 replies
my friend's husband is a neurologist Rob Lada and he speaks about an asssessment used for individuals living in rural areas or areas specialist are hard to find.. check it out. tish ...

Need some advice

By grandmashelper · New reply June 1, 2009
2 replies
My grandmother got diagnosed about a month ago with E - we live in a small community, and nobody knows that much about this. We caught it on Easter Sunday, when she started talking crazy, two days later ...

LESIONS ANYONE?

By yetzabee · New reply May 31, 2009
9 replies
Hello everyone! I was just wondering if anyone was left with lesions in the brain after your attack with E? I thought that lesions came and left and this was the way to diagnose E. But I have one still ...

What doctors thought was a brain damage was encephanlitis.

By pirelli · New reply May 29, 2009
5 replies
Hi,I have some questions that I hope someone could give me answers to. Doctors first told me that I had a brain damage,but was told later that I suffered from a minor case of encephanlitis.I was missed ...

Surprising test result?

By countingsheep · New reply May 24, 2009
29 replies
A couple weeks ago, I went for a "SPECT" brain scan at Columbia. I had made a posting here, but no one responded that they ever had one. Anyhow, it's a nuclear scan where they watch the circulation in ...

Raccoons carry encephalitis?

By WendyStation · New reply May 6, 2009
10 replies
Quote:The animals are also known to be carriers of disease such as rabies, canine distemper, encephalitis and mange, quoted from http://www.theprovince.com/Life/Raccoons +house+hunting+nesting+season/1524736/st ...

neurologist appointment results

By Nancy1964 · New reply April 29, 2009
11 replies
Hi all; Well, I saw my new neurologist on Monday. He was very kind, a good listener, gave me a through exam (unlike the last one) and the appointment lasted one hour. He reviewed my CT, MRI and spinal ...

RECALL OF PAXILL

By missmariann3 · New reply April 22, 2009
4 replies
I heard on TV that certain years that Paxill was made are now being recalled. Any info? Mariann ...

ADEM versus MS, you decide!

By hungary · Posted April 19, 2009
0 replies
The following is a little bit of MY story. I have a diagnosis of ADEM, but I am not 100% sure if it is the CORRECT diagnosis. I thought I would run this by people who have had the disease and get their ...

what my MRI showed

By missmariann3 · New reply February 28, 2009
3 replies
I finally got my MRI results back and I guess i have bulging discs which is what ropinerole is helping. surgery is not recommended, heck, not after all the e problems. ironically, my MRI didn't show e ...

new here

By pigboyjb · New reply February 19, 2009
3 replies
since my diagnosis i've had brain surgery for a bleed. i have headaches almost everyday. i'm tired all the time. i started having seizures at thanksgiving and am now on 650 mg of dialitin a day. is that ...

John has CFS - confirmed

By Velovet · New reply February 16, 2009
7 replies
Hi Everyone, I promised to check back in after we got back results from tests on my husband John, checking for CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome or as it is sometimes called now CFIDS - chronic fatigue and ...