Encephalopathy (/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/; from Ancient Greek: ἐνκέφαλος "brain" + πάθος "suffering") means any disorder or disease of the brain, especially chronic... 18 KB (1,929 words) - 09:48, 26 February 2024 |
Wernicke encephalopathy (WE), also Wernicke's encephalopathy, or wet brain is the presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the... 49 KB (5,338 words) - 15:14, 13 March 2024 |
Hashimoto's encephalopathy, also known as steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), is a neurological condition... 15 KB (1,651 words) - 23:15, 8 August 2023 |
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) is the combined presence of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) and alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome (AKS [clarification needed]).... 38 KB (4,576 words) - 17:24, 19 April 2024 |
Toxic encephalopathy is a neurologic disorder caused by exposure to neurotoxic organic solvents such as toluene, following exposure to heavy metals such... 16 KB (1,909 words) - 00:06, 9 April 2024 |
Cerebral hypoxia (redirect from Hypoxic encephalopathy) are generally termed hypoxic/anoxic injuries (HAI). Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a condition that occurs when the entire brain is deprived of... 30 KB (3,453 words) - 09:15, 14 December 2023 |
Hypertensive encephalopathy (HE) is general brain dysfunction due to significantly high blood pressure. Symptoms may include headache, vomiting, trouble... 21 KB (2,077 words) - 02:07, 7 April 2024 |
Bennet Omalu (section Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) was the first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County... 29 KB (2,860 words) - 22:09, 17 April 2024 |
Neonatal encephalopathy (NE), previously known as neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (neonatal HIE or NHIE), is defined as a encephalopathy syndrome... 13 KB (1,270 words) - 05:53, 26 February 2024 |
Cirrhosis (section Hepatic encephalopathy) spontaneous infections. More serious complications include hepatic encephalopathy, bleeding from dilated veins in the esophagus, stomach, or intestines... 107 KB (11,119 words) - 05:17, 25 April 2024 |
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) or sometimes necrotizing encephalitis or infection-induced acute encephalopathy (IIAE) is a rare type of brain disease... 11 KB (857 words) - 13:14, 22 November 2023 |
Rifaximin (section Hepatic encephalopathy) gastrointestinal diseases like irritable bowel syndrome, and hepatic encephalopathy. It acts by inhibiting RNA synthesis in susceptible bacteria by binding... 25 KB (2,328 words) - 07:02, 24 March 2024 |
HIV (redirect from HIV disease resulting in encephalopathy) The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency... 125 KB (14,343 words) - 21:24, 18 April 2024 |
Feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the brains of felines. This disease is known to affect domestic, captive... 6 KB (678 words) - 19:32, 25 April 2024 |
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), also known as reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS), is a rare condition in which... 20 KB (2,229 words) - 22:27, 16 March 2024 |
death. Prions cause prion diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) that are transmissible, fatal neurodegenerative diseases in... 98 KB (10,631 words) - 18:49, 17 April 2024 |
Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE) is a condition induced by long-term exposure to organic solvents, often—but not always—in the workplace, that... 16 KB (2,004 words) - 23:16, 18 March 2024 |
Kernicterus (redirect from Chronic bilirubin encephalopathy) is not rapidly reduced, ABE quickly progresses to chronic bilirubin encephalopathy.[citation needed] CBE is a chronic state of severe bilirubin-induced... 10 KB (1,068 words) - 06:07, 20 April 2024 |
Hyponatremia (redirect from Hyponatremic encephalopathy) results in increased pressure in the skull and causes hyponatremic encephalopathy. As pressure increases in the skull, herniation of the brain can occur... 40 KB (4,362 words) - 22:46, 19 December 2023 |
Leigh syndrome (redirect from Subacute necrotizing encephalopathy) described by Denis Leigh in 1951 and distinguished from similar Wernicke's encephalopathy in 1954. In 1968, the disease's link with mitochondrial activity was... 27 KB (3,124 words) - 10:45, 15 April 2024 |
Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) is a rare sporadic disease that affects the central nervous system of ranch-raised adult mink. It is a transmissible... 5 KB (525 words) - 00:47, 15 December 2023 |
Lyme disease (redirect from Lyme encephalopathy) in the US or is merely very rare. A neurologic syndrome called Lyme encephalopathy is associated with subtle memory and cognitive difficulties, insomnia... 224 KB (23,768 words) - 04:25, 27 April 2024 |
MELAS syndrome (redirect from Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is one of the family of mitochondrial diseases, which also include MIDD... 16 KB (1,759 words) - 05:23, 24 February 2024 |