encephalitis
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There are allusions to the tragedies that befell him: the loss of a young daughter to measles encephalitis and his son’s near-fatal accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The clinical outcomes included neurologic conditions such as seizures, encephalitis, altered mental status, ataxia/movement disorders, vision changes, dizziness, headache, and sleeping disorders.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
In 2022 she was diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, which occurs when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the brain, and spent more than three weeks in a coma.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
Measles can cause encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
Then there were all the diseases one is vulnerable to in the woods—giardiasis, eastern equine encephalitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, schistosomiasis, brucellosis, and shigellosis, to offer but a sampling.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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