post-encephalitic
adjective
medicalspecialized(alsopostencephalitic)uk/ˌpəʊst.en.kef.əˈlɪt.ɪk/us/ˌpoʊst.en.sef.əˈlɪt̬.ɪk/happeningafterencephalitis(= aseriousillnesscausedby aninfectionthat makes thebrainswell):
Thissyndromeofuncomfortablerestlessnessis oftenseenin post-encephalitic parkinsonism.
Henotedthatobsessionsandcompulsionswere oftenobservedin postencephaliticstates.
- Cognitiveimpairmentwaspresentin 38% of the post-encephaliticcasesstudied.
- Nowadays very fewcasesof parkinsonism in thiscountryare post-encephalitic.
- Psychoticreactionswere morelikelyin thepatientswith postencephalitic parkinsonism.
- Hisconditionwasknownas postencephaliticdementia.
Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- ageusia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- cramp
- crick
- dystonia
- EA
- encephalitis
- epileptic
- fibromyalgia
- GBS
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- prosopagnosia
- quadriplegia
- retrograde
- retrograde amnesia
- Saint Vitus' dance
- sciatica