Two weeks before kindergarten graduation, 5-year-old Nathan Camargo had his first seizure. The El Paso boy was eventually diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, a condition where his immune system ...

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Inflammation in the brain caused by an autoimmune response is treatable. But it can still create lasting health effects. Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) is a form of inflammation in the brain that’s ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 28-year-old son is in the hospital. He hasn’t been acting like himself for a few weeks (not sleeping nor eating well), and he suddenly had four seizures. The doctors are worried ...

On World Encephalitis Day, experts urge early recognition and timely treatment to prevent lifelong disability or death ...

Latoya McDonald's symptoms started relatively small. McDonald, 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, noticed that she was forgetting things, like picking up her daughter from school, and she started falling ...

Last week marked the start of school. Social media is filled with images of children holding signs and flashing smiles. They seem hopeful, excited, and ready. But that is not the story for all of us.

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5-year-old Nathan Camargo had seizures at school before he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 ...