Showing posts with label Encephalitis and Meningitis - What is the Difference?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Encephalitis and Meningitis - What is the Difference?. Show all posts

Monday 17 October 2011

Encephalitis and Meningitis - What is the Difference?




Encephalitis and Meningitis - What is the Difference?

Encephalitis is a disease that occurs to your brain sometimes after having a viral infection, like the chickenpox, the flu, measles, mumps, Mono, and even cold sores. What it does is causes your brain to become inflamed. The swelling can lead to damaged nerve cells, bleeding in your brain, and eventually lead to brain damage.
Meningitis on the other hand is a disease that effects the tissues that are around the brain and the spinal cord. It is caused by either a viral or bacterial illness and creates inflammation in those tissues. It has been found to often follow things such as a sinus infection or in your infection, or in some instances a viral illness.