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Encephalitis Lethargica
Encephalitis Lethargica (sleepy sickness) is a disease believed to be due to a virus infection of the brain. The onset is sudden and takes the form of a chill.
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Encephalitis Lethargica
Viral epidemic encephalitis marked by apathy, paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle, and extreme muscular weakness. It occurred in various parts of the world between 1915 and 1926.
Synonyms: encephalitis lethargica, polioencephalitis infectiva
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Poliomyelitis (Post-polio syndrome) - Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy - Rabies - Encephalitis lethargica - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis - Tick-borne meningoencephalitis - Tropical spastic paraparesis ...
Encephalitis lethargica ... fever
Encephalomyelitis ... fever
Endocarditis ... fever, high fever, chills
Endocarditis, infective ... fever
Endocrine pancreatic cancer ... Fever
Endodermal sinus tumor ... fever
Endometritis ... fever
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Encephalitis lethargica
Essential myoclonus
Frontal lobe syndromes
Hallervorden-Spatz disease
Hemiballisimic movements
Hemifacial spasm
Huntington disease
Hyperekplexia and other startle syndromes
Inherited metabolic disorders
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The form called encephalitis lethargica ("sleeping sickness") results in a set of Parkinson's disease-like symptoms called postencephalitic parkinsonianism. In some cases encephalitis causes death.
Encephalitis lethargica - Survivors of this disease develop severe Parkinsonism.
Genetic factors - Some families will have multiple cases of early-onset Parkinson's, but the majority of cases are non-familial.
Can cause parkinsonism transiently during the acute phase or, rarely, permanently (eg, postencephalitic parkinsonism after the epidemic of encephalitis lethargica in 1915-1926) ...
 See also: Encephalitis, Symptom, Parkinson, Cancer, Viral
  
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