{"id":7845,"date":"2019-05-22T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/encephalitis\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:01:16","slug":"encephalitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/encephalitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Encephalitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acute inflammation of the brain (a reaction of the immune system), typically due to viral infection sometimes transmitted by mosquitoes or arising as a consequence of lead poisoning, but assuming a number of different types. When it involves the spinal cord as well, it is referred to encephalomyelitis. &nbsp;It can also occur as a complication of the likes of chickenpox, herpes simplex, influenza, measles, mumps, and rabies. &nbsp;Signs include fever, headache, nausea, neck pain, and neurological insults such as convulsions and paralysis, as well as coma leading to death. &nbsp;In the US, about 2000 cases of encephalitis are reported each year. &nbsp;There is also another form of externally-induced encephalitis known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cste\/about\/what-is-cte\/\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cste\/about\/what-is-cte\/&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chronic traumatic encephalitis<\/a>. &nbsp;It is most evident in boxers and presents with mood, movement and cognitive problems (hence it was previously referred to <span class=\"\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">dementia pugilistica<\/span>). &nbsp;It also been reported in people who participate in soccer (through repeatedly heading a ball), American football, hockey and wrestling. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"hippocampus\">Hippocampus<\/a>, <a href=\"meningitis\">Meningitis<\/a>, <a href=\"spinal_cord\">Spinal cord<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acute inflammation of the brain (a reaction of the immune system), typically due to viral infection sometimes transmitted by mosquitoes or arising as a consequence of lead poisoning, but assuming a number of different types. When it involves the spinal cord as well, it is referred to encephalomyelitis. &nbsp;It can also occur as a complication &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/encephalitis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Encephalitis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}