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Treatment and therapy
Discuss treatment and therapy options here.
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 ...
Vestibular Rehabilitation?
- By countingsheep · New reply July 19, 2009
- 32 replies
- Has anyone out there ever done vestibular rehabilitation? My otoneurologist (fancy doc name, isn't it?) wrote me a scrip. I called the facility, and they are setting up my first appointment. I've been ...
MAYO CLINIC?
- By aimsters37 · New reply July 16, 2009
- 9 replies
- Greetings all, My daughter has been recently discharged from a 2.5Month stay in the Hosp/rehab here in California. She was diagnosed with Anti-NMDAr Encephalitis, and will be doing outpatient rehab going ...
Moving into more medication
- By missmariann3 · New reply July 14, 2009
- 13 replies
- My pain doc has moved me up some so I can walk and get out of bed. I"m not in the no pain no gain area. I have bulging discs and need to move with a lousey spine. surgery isn't gonna be very helpful now ...
Hyperbaric Therapy?
- By odm · New reply July 12, 2009
- 12 replies
- Has anyone on this site tried this therapy yet? In theory, it looks very promising. Injured neurons in the brain get reactivated with pressurized oxygen and help to accelerate the healing process of TBI ...
Botox and Foot Drop
- By GailVS · Posted June 23, 2009
- 0 replies
- Just curious if anyone knows, I had my regular botox injections for foot drop, and I am wondering why they are painful? It is not the needle it is a deeper pain, I was told it is administered w/saline ...
Encephalitis Society Test Web Site
- By Elaine_at_ES · New reply June 21, 2009
- 10 replies
- The Encephalitis Society is working on a revision of its web site www.encephalitis.info The developing site can be viewed at http://test.encephalitis.info Your comments and suggestions on the look, navigability ...
How long will docs keep a person in a coma
- By spring1979 · New reply June 16, 2009
- 6 replies
- I posted last week some time about a friend of mine that was diagnosed with HSE. She was put into a drug induced coma last week on tuesday (i think, the last two weeks have been a blur). The doctors have ...
Neuropsych Testing
- By Joey_sMom · New reply June 12, 2009
- 8 replies
- My son had 5 hours of neuropsych testing today and has 4.5 more hours scheduled for later this month. And, the good news is he only had one complex partial seizure during the testing. That's much better ...
Anyone near Wilkes-Barre, PA need a good neurologist?
- By Joey_sMom · Posted June 3, 2009
- 0 replies
- Joey's neurologist is relocating to Wilkes-Barre, PA to a place called Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. I highly recommend Dr. Adil Khan to anyone in that area who is looking for a neurologist ...
meningitis
- By Jodybill · New reply June 3, 2009
- 6 replies
- Is there any info about meningitis on the Global. What are the symptoms? anyone every had a multitude of spinal tests, a leek in the spinal cord. growth at bottom of spine ...
Elavil?
- By irishkarin · New reply May 18, 2009
- 5 replies
- Has anyone ever been on Elavil for the Headaches? I am concerned about the side affects ...
Plateaus
- By mooseinmotion · New reply May 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- I have just hit a major plateau. I was doing so much better energy wise. I was "walking" barely around the bock everyday consistently. Recently I have had loss of appetite, lost 11 pounds, and my shortness ...
Sorry to complain, but I'm falling apart. Help?
- By countingsheep · New reply April 27, 2009
- 27 replies
- Just need a bit of support? I had a spinal tap on Friday; I have had a 'spinal headache' since Saturday morning - - can't stand or sit up for more than 4 minutes or the debilitating head pain starts ...
Huperzine and Acetyl Carnitine
- By ttravatto · New reply April 21, 2009
- 4 replies
- I was watching a special on brain health recently and found some of their recommendations interesting. Has anybody tried these supplements for E treatment? Huperzine is used to treat Alzheimer's patients ...
Vitamins and Minerals
- By xoxoxoxoxo · New reply April 20, 2009
- 9 replies
- I am clueless when it comes to Vitamins .....I hear alot of people say bad things. But my questions are........Due to the medicine they put me on I have Acne Problems,, so I ordered the Proactive Solution.....it ...
Lance - FDA recall of Digoxin
- By one_lil_red_hen · Posted April 20, 2009
- 0 replies
- Digoxin, USP 0.125 mg, Digoxin, USP 0.25 mg (Caraco brand) - Recall of tablets because they may differ in size and therefore could have more or less of the active ingredient. (Posted 04/01/2009 ...
http://www.encephalitis.info/
- By jerseagal · New reply April 19, 2009
- 26 replies
- If I had gone to this site fresh out of HUP rehab I am certain would have felt completely overwhelmed. To see that diagram and check off the weakness I started out with, I am not sure I would have had ...
