ACUTE DISSCEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
Keywords:
MS stands for Multiple Sclerosis, CSF for Cerebrospinal Fluid, FLAIR for Fluid Attenuation Inversion Recovery, GCS for Glasgow Coma Scale, CT for Computerized Tomography, HSV for Herpes Simplex, HSE for Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, VZV for Varicella Zoster, EBR for Epstein Barr, HHV for Human Herpes, JEV for Japanese Encephalitis, MVEV for Murry Valley, SLAbstract
Multiple neurological abnormalities and changes in mental state are common symptoms of acute disseminated
encephalomyelitis (ADEM), a demyelinating and inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system (CNS).
ADEM often develops after a health scare or a vaccine. More than a hundred distinct infectious disorders have been
linked to encephalitis. Although many other pathogens, including bacteria, parasites, and fungi, are capable of
causing encephalitis, viruses are by far the most frequent. It is also uncommon for the systemic symptoms of
ADEM, such as fever, malaise, myalgias, headache, nausea, and vomiting, to manifest sometime after the
neurological symptoms have developed. A variety of neurological symptoms, including hemiparesis and paralysis,
as well as palsies of several cranial nerves.
