A study of Acute Febrile Encephalopathy in Uttarakhand Region based on Patients‘ Clinical Profile and Geographical Conditions

Dr. Jainendra Kumar; Dr. Vijay Bhandari; Dr. Anant Narayan Sinha

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

A study of Acute Febrile Encephalopathy in Uttarakhand Region based on Patients‘ Clinical Profile and Geographical Conditions

Dr. Jainendra Kumar, Dr. Vijay Bhandari, Dr. Anant Narayan Sinha

Abstract :

Acute feile encephalopathy is characterized by altered mental status accompanied by or followed by short feile illness (less than 15 days) and may be related with pyogenic meningitis, viral meningoencephalitis, tubercular meningitis, cereal malaria and sepsis associated encephalopathy. Bacterial meningitis is represented by an acute purulent infection within the subarachnoid space results in decreased consciousness, seizures, raised intracranial pressure and stroke. Immunocompetent adult patients with viral meningitis present signs of headache, fever, and meningeal irritation coupled with an inflammatory CSF profile. Tuberculosis can attack any nervous tissue including the meninges, ain and the spinal cord. We conducted a data based study in continuation of our previous studies to elucidate the association of acute feile encephalopathy with clinical profile of patients and geographical area where do the patients belong.