Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt Meningoencephalitis, we kin afɛkt yu bren ɛn di tin we de kɔba yu bren.

Di bren na wan pan di impɔtant pat dɛn na wi bɔdi. So wetin yu go du if di bren sik? Jɔs imajin aw i kin rili siriɔs. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik lɛk dat, we siriɔs smɔl, bɔt if yu no gud gud wan wetin fɔ du, yu kin tek akshɔn kwik. Dɛn kɔl dis mɛningo ɛnsɛfalaytis . Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl am bak ɛnsɛfalomɛninjɛyt.

So wetin na meningoencephalitis?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, mɛningɔ ɛnsɛfalaytis na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, bɔt i kin mek yu layf de pan denja we yu kin gɛt ɔl tu di mɛningɔ ɛnsɛfalaytis di sem tɛm.

Naw lɛ wi luk wetin na mɛningayt ɛn ɛnsɛfalaytis sɛpret wan.

• Meningitis na infεkshכn εn swεla na di protεktiv mεmbran dεm (dεn kכl am di mεninges) we de rawnd yu bren εn spεnal kכd (di nεv kכd insay yu spayna). dis mεninges dεm de protεkt εn sכpכt yu bren εn spεnal kכd fכ injuri.
• Ɛnsɛfalaytis na we pɔsin de swel ɔ infεkshɔn insay di bren tisu.

So, we dɛn tu kɔndishɔn ya kam togɛda, meningoencephalitis kin apin. Dis na siriɔs sik we kin afɛkt ɛnibɔdi we ol ɛni ej, ivin pikin dɛn we rili yɔŋ .

Wetin na di men tin dɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt meningoencephalitis?

Bɔrku kayn mɛningoɛnsɛfalaytis de dipen pan di tin wae de mek pɔrsin gɛt di sik. Bɔt bɔku tɛm na infekshɔn kin mek i apin. Dat min se, infɛkshɔn we vayrɔs, baktri, fɛns, ɔ amiba kin kam wit. Sɔntɛnde i kin kam wit ɔtoimyun sik dɛm, fɔ ɛgzampul, ɔtoimyun ɛnsɛfalaytis ɔ meningoɛnsɛfalaytis, ɔ as sayd ɛfɛkt fɔ sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛm (lɛk imyun chɛkpoint inhibito tɛrapi).

Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan di kayn sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin:

• Bacterial meningoencephalitis: Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf baktriyal infεkshɔn. Di kayn baktri dɛm we kin mek dis sik na Neisseria meningitidis (dɛn kin kɔl am bak meningococcal disease), Streptococcus pneumoniae, ɛn Haemophilus influenzae tayp b.
• Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis: Dis na fכngal infεkshכn. I kin apin we wan kayn fכns we dεn kכl Kryptococcus infεkt yu bren εn/כ yu lכng.
• Hɛpɛtik mɛningoɛnsɛfalaytis (HME): .I kin kam bikɔs yu gɛt di hεpi vayrɔs. Bɔrku tɛm na di hεpi simpul vayrɔs tayp 1 (HSV1) – di vayrɔs we de mek kol sɔl. Bɔt i kin bi bak bay di hεpi simpul vayrɔs tayp 2 (HSV2). Sɔntɛnde, mɛningo ɛnsɛfalaytis kin apin di tɛm we pɔsin gɛt di fɔs infɛkshɔn, bɔt bɔku tɛm i kin bi bikɔs di vayrɔs de wok bak frɔm wan infɛkshɔn we i bin dɔn gɛt bifo.
• Praymari amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM): Dis kin kam wit wan amoeba we dɛn kɔl Naegleria fowleri. Dis amiba de liv ɔlsay na di wɔl, mɔ na say dɛn we shalo ɛn wam fresh wata lɛk lek, riva, ɛn hot spring. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am "amoeba we de it bren," ɛn i jɔs tan lɛk se i denja.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt meningoencephalitis?

De sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik kin apun kwik kwik wan ɛn kin tranga kwik kwik wan. So, e fayn fɔ no bɔt dɛn kayn sik ya.

Di sayn dɛn we kin apin:

• Di ed we de at bad bad wan.
• Nek stiff ɔ nek de pen.
• Fiva.
• Taya pasmak.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit.
• Di mɔsul dɛn we wik.
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk.
• Sεnsitiviti to layt, we min se i nɔ izi fɔ luk layt (fotophobia).
• I nɔ izi fɔ tink klia wan.
• Chenj pan pɔsin in pɔsin ɛn di we aw i de biev.
• Halucinations, lεk fכ si tin dεm we nכ de כ fכ yεri tin dεm we nכ de – spεshal wan fכ si tin dεm we yu de si εn/כ dεn de yεri hallucinations.
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik.
• Fɔ mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ du natin.

If yɔŋ pikin gɛt dis sik, dɛn kin sho dɛn ɔda sayn ya bak:

• di fכs we de kכmכt (lεk swεla).
• I nɔ izi fɔ drink milk.
• Fɔ slip pasmak ɔ i nɔ kin izi fɔ wek.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya. Meningoencephalitis na sik we de mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja, so i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn trit am kwik kwik wan!

Yu tink se meningoɛnsɛfalaytis kin pas?

Meningoencephalitis, we na inflamɛns na di bren ɛn di meninges , nɔ kin pas am dairekt wan. Bɔt sɔm pan di infɛkshɔn dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt am kin bi. Fɔ ɛgzampul, bɔku pan di baktri ɛn vayrɔs dɛm (lɛk di hεpi simpul vayrɔs) we kin mek pɔsin gɛt mɛningɔ ɛnsɛfalaytis kin skata frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.

Udat dɛn kin gɛt dis sik?

Pipul wae gɛt wik imyun sistɛm kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt meningoencephalitis wae kin kam wit infεkshɔn.

Di kɔndishɔn ɛn tin dɛn we de mek di imyun sistɛm wik:

• Ej: Pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 5 ia yet ɛn pipul dɛn we pas 65 ia kin gɛt wik imyun sistɛm. Bebi dɛn mɔ kin gɛt dis sik.
• HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infεkshכn: Fכ egzampl, kriptococcal meningoencephalitis kin afekt pipul dεm we gεt siriכs HIV.
• Tek immunosuppressants: Fɔ pipul dɛm we dɔn gɛt ɔgan transplant, stem sɛl transplant, ɔ we de tek dɛn mɛrɛsin ya fɔ sɔm ɔtoimyun sik dɛm.
• Kansa ɛn kansa tritmɛnt: lɛk kemotɛrapi ɛn redyushɔn tɛrapi.
• Praymari imyunodefisiɛns disɔda (PIDD) .
• Sɔm sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de fɛt insɛf: Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na psoriasis, Crohn’s disease, ɛn lupus.
• Dizayd fɔ yuz rɔm.

If yu tink se yu imyun sistɛm wik, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn avɔyd siriɔs infɛkshɔn.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Mɛningo ɛnsɛfalaytis?

If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ mɛningɔ ɛnsɛfalaytis, dɔktɔ dɛn go wok kwik kwik wan fɔ kɔnfirm di sik. Dɛn go du fizik ɛgzam ɛn nyurolɔjik ɛgzam. Dɛn go aks yu bak bɔt yu sik dɛn lɛk aw ɛn ustɛm dɛn bigin.

Na sɔm tɛst dɛm wae dɛn kin du fɔ no if yu gɛt dis sik:

• Tεst fכ di wata we de na di bכdi: dεn de tεst difrεn wata we de insay di bכdi, lεk di urine, bכdi, εn saliva fכ luk fכ sayn dεm fכ di infεkshכn (lεk we di wayt bכdi sεl dεm de kכnt bכku). Dɛn tɛst ya kin no bak di kayn infekshɔn.
• Spinal tap (lumbar pancture): Insay dis tɛst, yu dɔktɔ kin put wan tint nidul insay yu lɔwa bak ɛn tek wan sɛmpul pan sɛribrospaynal fluid (CSF). Dɛn kin tɛst di wata na lab fɔ luk fɔ baktri, fɛns, ɔ abnɔmal sɛl dɛn, ɛn bak di kayn ɛn di lɛvɛl dɛn we di prɔtin ɛn wayt blɔd sɛl dɛn gɛt. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin yuz dis CSF tɛst fɔ no difrɛns bitwin mɛningo ɛnsɛfalaytis frɔm ɔda kɔndishɔn dɛn, lɛk blɔd toxiciti ɔ sepsis.
• EEG (electroencephalogram) test: Na EEG de mכsu εn rεkכd di ilektrikal signal dεm na yu bren. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz am fɔ luk fɔ prɔblɛm dɛn we de wit di bren we de wok fɔ no ɔ fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt mɛningo ɛnsɛfalaytis.
• CT skan: CT skan na tɛst we dɛn kin yuz sɔm ɛkstrem rayt ɛn kɔmpyuta fɔ mek ditayli pikchɔ dɛn bɔt di insay pat na yu bɔdi. I kin sho prɔblɛm lɛk we blɔd de klɔt, swɛlin, ɛn infekshɔn na di bren ɔ di mɛninges.
• MRI (magnɛtik rɛsɔnans imej) skan:MRI skan na tɛst we dɛn kin yuz big magnet, redio wev, ɛn kɔmpyuta fɔ tek ditayli pikchɔ dɛn. Lɛk CT skan, i kin sho prɔblɛm dɛn na di bren ɔ di mɛninges. MRI bɛtɛ fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn bikɔs i nɔ de yuz raytin.

Aw dɛn kin trit mɛningɔ ɛnsɛfalaytis?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ dis sik kin difrɛn difrɛn wan fɔ di kɔz ɛn aw i siriɔs. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul fɔ mek dɛn gɛt tritmɛnt.

Bɔku we dɛn fɔ trit am:

• Mεdikeshכn dεm fכ trit di כndalayn infεkshכn: Fכ egzampl, dεn nid antifεngal mεdikeshכn fכ kriptococcal meningoencephalitis. Dɛn kin yuz antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin, lɛk acyclovir, fɔ hεpitik mɛningoɛnsɛfalaytis.
• Antiseizure mεdikeshכn: Dɛn kin gi mεdikeshכn lεk dilantin כ phenytoin fכ prεvεnt כ trit di sik wae de kam wit meningoencephalitis.
• Kɔtikosterɔyd ɛn diuretik: Kɔtikosterɔyd, lɛk Decadron, kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di swel. Dɛn kin ɛp bak fɔ mek yu nɔ yɛri fayn we kin apin wit meningoencephalitis.
• di wata we de kכmכt na di sεribrospεnal: dis de εp bak fכ ridyus di prεshכn insay di sכkul.
• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin fil pen ɛn/ɔ tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin fil pen: Dɛn kin yuz dɛn mɛrɛsin ya if pɔsin swel bad bad wan.

Di mɛdikal tim go wach yu gud gud wan di tɛm we yu de na di ɔspitul. Dɛn go tek di step dɛm wae nid fɔ gɛt fɔ ɛni prɔblɛm ɔr kɔmplikeshɔn wae yu gɛt.

Wetin na di rit wae pɔrsin wae gɛt meningoencephalitis kin wɛl?

Di prɔgnosis fɔ wɛl frɔm dis sik kin dipen pan wetin mek di sik, aw i siriɔs, ɛn aw dɛn kin gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.

pan dεn wan dεm we de liv kriptococcal meningoencephalitis, lεk 69% gεt kכgnitiv (tink) εn/כ fyzikal impεryans 12 mכnt afta dεn no di sik. Bitwin 50% ɛn 70% pan di wan dɛn we gɛt hɛpɛtik mɛningoɛnsɛfalaytis kin gɛt pwɛl hat fɔ ɔltɛm na dɛn bren, nyurolɔjik dɛfisit, ɔ kɔma.

Bɔt di wan dɛn we dɛn sik nɔ kin rili bad ɛn we kin gɛt tritmɛnt kwik, nɔ kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd Mɛningoɛnsɛfalaytis?

Nɔto ɔl di kes dɛm fɔ meningoencephalitis kin bi fɔ avɔyd. Bɔt di bɛst we fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm we yu gɛt na fɔ tray fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn nɔ de nia baktri, vayrɔs, ɛn fɛns we de mek yu gɛt infɛkshɔn.

Na sɔm we dɛn we yu go protɛkt yusɛf ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn frɔm di sik:

• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm.
• Kɔba yu mɔt ɛn yu nos we yu de kɔf ɔ sniz.
• Klin say dɛn we yu kin tɔch bɔku tɛm (lɛk domɔt knob, tebul tɔp) wit disinfɛktant.
• Ridyus ɔr stɔp fɔ de wit pipul dɛm wae sik wit wan sik wae kin pas, ilɛksɛf yu ɔr ɔda pɔrsin sik.
• Nɔ was ɔ drink wata we go gɛt jem. If yu de yuz wata fɔ wata yu nos, yuz wata we dɛn dɔn distil ɔ we dɛn dɔn klin.
• Yuz kɔndɔm fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (STI) ɛn fɔ du tɛst fɔ STI ɔltɛm.
• Wear mask na say dɛn we gɛt dɔti, lɛk say dɛn we dɛn de bil, ɛn de insay os we dɔst big big briz de blo. If yu de na say usay fɔŋs infɛkshɔn kin bɔku, tek ɛkstra tin dɛn fɔ tek tɛm wit.
• Ɔltɛm go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays, mɔ if yu imyun sistɛm wik (immunocompromised).
• If yu de travul go na ɔda kɔntri dɛn, lan aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm sik dɛn we kin pas na dɛn kɔntri dɛn de.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Meningoencephalitis na wan sik we rili siriɔs, we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Fɔ trit yu kwik na di bɛst chans fɔ gɛt gud tin fɔ du. If yu de pan big risk fɔ gɛt di infekshɔn, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ ridyus yu risk ɛn fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Wi op se dis infɔmeshɔn go ɛp yu. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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