ANSWER: Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain, which is a rare condition. It can be caused by infections (especially viruses) or autoimmune reactions, including antibody-mediated encephalitis.

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 ...

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Ever since I had my son, I tend to worry whenever he gets ill, so I try to educate myself on different viruses and autoimmune disorders. I recently came across encephalitis. What is ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...

“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Although rheumatic diseases must be considered in a differential diagnosis of autoimmune ...

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.

Dr. Sukhvir Wright at Aston University Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment (IHN), and honorary consultant neurologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH), has been awarded a £3.4m Career ...

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 ...

Imagine you wake up in a hospital without a single memory of the last month. Doctors say you had a series of violent episodes and paranoid delusions. You'd become convinced you were suffering from ...