What is acute encephalitis syndrome?
AES in short, it is a basket term used for referring to hospital, children with clinical neurological manifestations which include mental confusion, disorientation, convulsion, delirium or coma.
Is encephalitis different from hypoglycaemic encephalopathy?
Yes. The two conditions show very different symptoms and clinical manifestations.
Fever on the first day is one of the symptoms of encephalitis before brain dysfunction begins. While fever is seen in children in the case of hypoglycaemic encephalopathy, fever is always after the onset of brain dysfunction (actually due to brain dysfunction). And not all children exhibit fever. Some children have no fever, while others may have a mild or very high fever.
The blood sugar level is usually normal in children with encephalitis but is low in children with hypoglycaemic encephalopathy.
Source: The Hindu Editorial
Source: The Hindu Editorial
Check the meaning of the bold words used in this paragraph:
manifestations(Noun)अभिव्यक्तियों
Meaning: the action or fact of showing something.
Synonym: display, demonstration
Antonym: ambiguous, clouded,
disorientation(Noun)भटकाव
Meaning: the condition of having lost one’s sense of direction.
Synonym: addle, baffle
Antonym: reassure, satisfy
convulsion(Noun)ऐंठन
Meaning: a violent social or political upheaval.
Synonym: upheaval, eruption
Antonym: calm, peaceful
delirium(Noun)प्रलाप
Meaning: wild excitement or ecstasy.
Synonym: ecstasy, rapture
Antonym: lucidity, coherence
dysfunction(Noun)रोग
Meaning: disruption of normal social relations.
Synonym: Impaired
Antonym: Unimpaired, fit
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