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Treatment and therapy
Discuss treatment and therapy options here.
Ringing of the ears
- By Cacalves · New reply yesterday at 1:08 pm
- 9 replies
- Hi everyone. I just joined the group and did so in order to find better information to help care for my brother that had HSE. It's been almost 4 months since he came down with HSE and he recovered remarkably ...
West Nile recovery takes only one year?
- By WendyStation · New reply November 4, 2009
- 22 replies
- Researchers say that recovery from West Nile "takes a year" ... "recovery takes longer on average for patients with meningitis or encephalitis than for those with milder symptoms – but all do eventually ...
Good days and bad days normal
- By Anarchy_X · New reply November 4, 2009
- 3 replies
- Speech therapist concerned that wife did well with speech therapy yesterday but bad today. Is it normal to have good days and bad 5 weeks after being admitted into ICU and week and half after stopping ...
Wife's in rehab
- By Anarchy_X · New reply November 3, 2009
- 2 replies
- Well my wife entered rehab this past Friday and has been found to be needing mostly cognitive/speech therapy, as she is physically pretty capable: walking, feeding herself, bathing, etc. She still has ...
Neurontin?
- By irishkarin · New reply October 26, 2009
- 6 replies
- Has anyone had luck with Neurontin? I think it is finally helping me. I was having swaying in my head constantly when I walked and also numbness in my face, hand and leg and now the numbness is alot better ...
Where did you receive treatment and what kind of treatment?
- By concrndsisinlaw · New reply October 22, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hello Everyone, My brother-in-law was diagnosed with Herpes Simpex Encephalitis on October 11th after feeling flu like sypmptoms and a terrible terrible headache for 4 or 5 days prior. He was admitted ...
Foot Drop
- By GailVS · New reply October 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- Has anyone used Walk Aide, for foot drop. I have had brace since 1994 and now having problems my foot. PT recommends Walk Aide. It is costly and insurance wont pay, too new. Anyone use this ...
neurogenic bladder
- By plbubba · New reply October 18, 2009
- 11 replies
- I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with a neurogenic bladder after HSE. My mother has had a foley since she was admitted to hospital in May. They tried bladder training for a few days before ...
Does Weight Loss HELP?
- By Live_On · New reply October 16, 2009
- 16 replies
- I have gained a good 40 lbs since contracting ME, due to in activity, as I was very active, nutrition concious and in the gym a lot prior to ME. Now the activity tears me up for days, but I wonder if ...
Specialists?
- By BigDaddyT · New reply October 13, 2009
- 7 replies
- Who should I see? Is there like a virologist that secialises in viral infections? Ive been to md's. Ive been to neuros. I seem to have some sort of chronic reoccuring infection but havent been able to ...
Robert Hamilton's Presentation
- By WendyStation · Posted October 11, 2009
- 0 replies
- Just a note to direct folks to EGlobal Blog section at Encephalitis Global http://www.encephalitisglobal.org . The entry dated Monday October 5th offers a link to view Bob Hamilton's presentation at FACES ...
What do you remember after a seizure
- By missmariann3 · New reply October 5, 2009
- 28 replies
- Yesterday I planted a hibiscus in my garden. there is a kind that makes it thru the winter here. then I also had a rose bush to plant. I remember asking my husband to plant the rose bush as i didn't have ...
anxiety - does it generally go away?
- By muzzamo · New reply September 27, 2009
- 8 replies
- HI all, This is my first post. Several weeks ago I was hospitalised with E, spent 11 days in hospital no coma or anything and was told by doctors that I should make a full recovery, which sounds better ...
Is dreaming while awake normal?
- By Eemeena · New reply September 22, 2009
- 18 replies
- I keep seeing and hearing old cartoons in my head... It's very distracting. Is this normal? Or should I try to find a doctor? Also my brain always feels like it's in a fog and always sleeping. Oh and ...
Female Neurologist in Ontario Canada???
- By LadyJaneG · New reply September 9, 2009
- 13 replies
- I live in southern Ontario. I am currently not happy with my neurologist. I have had him for 20 years and as I approach my pre-menopausal years, I just don't feel that he is addressing issues that are ...
no two brains alike
- By jerseagal · Posted August 29, 2009
- 0 replies
- Vicky said "Logically, since they say no two brain injuries are exactly alike, it would make perfect sense that no two recoveries would be exactly alike either. Still it would be interesting to know exactly ...
E and Antiepileptic and Anticonvulsive drugs
- By Dignity · New reply August 28, 2009
- 6 replies
- Dear Inspire friends and members, I am trying to establish statistics concerning treatments used in cases of E, and would like to know if any of you have been given antiepileptic drugs (if yes which ones ...
How plasma exchange will help?
- By Laura_mom · New reply August 27, 2009
- 2 replies
- Finally they find out after more than 3 months that my daughter have some problem with antibodies that cause her encephalitis after they send me to the rehab they tell me we have to go back to the hospital ...
Topics/Discussions to Include in Nov Conference
- By eegrobert · New reply August 18, 2009
- 17 replies
- Hello everyone. I am planning a presentation on "Overcoming Anxiety, Frustration, Anger & Depression - Critical Skills to Learn in Brain Injury Rehabilitiation". Although it was originally created to ...
Alcohol
- By samuel · New reply August 17, 2009
- 16 replies
- 2 years after I became ill, I stopped drinking alcohol, mainly cause I was using it to take an edge off the anxiety and I did not want to become dependent on it. Have any of you heard of a downside of ...
