Encephalomyelitis

Encephalomyelitis or encephalo-myelitis.

Causes

Encephalomyelitis can occur as part of many different illnesses, and different causes are recognized including viruses, bacteria, parasites and other infections, and occasionally immunisations.

• Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), also known as acute disseminated encephalitis, immune-mediated encephalomyelitis or postinfectious encephalomyelitis and occurs mostly in children
• Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) associated myelopathy and Tropical spastic paraplegia
• Bacterial meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis not elsewhere classified
• Postinfectious encephalitis and encephalomyelitis not otherwise specified
• Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified
• Ventriculitis (cerebral) not otherwise specified
• Encephalomyelitis in bacterial diseases: listerial, meningococcal, syphilis and tuberculous
• Encephalomyelitis in viruses: adenoviral, cytomegaloviral, enteroviral, herpesviral [herpes simplex], influenza virus not identified, zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus (identified), measles, mumps, varicella encephalomyelitis / postchickenpox, rubella, zoster
• Encephalomyelitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases:
  • African trypanosomiasis
  • Chagas disease (chronic)
  • Naegleriasis
  • Toxoplasmosis
• Myalgic encephalomyelitis

See also

• Myalgic encephalomyelitis
• Encephalitis

Learn more

• Definition online
• Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes

cerebral 1. of or relating to the brain or the intellect 2. of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum.

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