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Acute progressive viral encephalitis

evan Jan. 21, 2024

Highest case fatality of any infectious disease

  1. Prodromal phase - fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, fatigue, tingling at site of wound
  2. Furious phase- agitation, disorientation, seizures, hydrophobia - can't treat past here
  3. Dumb phase - paralysed disoriented, stuporous
  4. Progress to coma then death

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