Question 1

are there symptoms of encephalopathy?

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See definition: Encephalopathy means pathology of brain.  It is not a disease or specific, as it means abnormal brain.  There are muliple variations depending on cause and presentation.  Most common might be issues with focus, memory, and concentration.

Question 2

what are the symptoms common to encephalopathy?

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Any brain symptoms: Encephalopathy is a nonspecific term used for any brain disease.  The term is usually preceded by adjectives that provide the specific information (e.g., hypoxic-ischemic, nutritional, etc).  Confusion is probably the most common symptom that would be observed in many types of encephalopathies.

Question 3

what are the common presenting symptoms of wernicke encephalopathy?

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Wernicke's: Wernicke's encephalopathy is a serious neurologic disorder related to thiamine deficiency, and seen frequently in chronic alcoholics.  The presenting triad of symptoms is confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia (inability to move the eyes).  In advanced cases you might also see memory loss and confabulation -- the person fills in what isn't recalled, with stories that could sound okay, but aren't.

Question 4

what are the symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy?

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Encephalopathy: Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy may be mild at first then become severe. Mild symptoms may include mood changes, mild confusion, forgetfulness, and changes in sleep, while more severe symptoms may include agitation, disorientation or severe confusion, abnormal movements, sleepiness, and slurred speech. Patients may progress to coma and death in the most severe cases.

Question 5

what are symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy?

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Post consustion syn: The symptoms include impaired memory, confusion, poor judgment, aggression, impulse control issues, depression, anxiety, suicidal feeling, and parkinsonism.  Symptoms often begin many years after the last brain trauma. The end stage is progressive dementia.

Question 6

what are some symptoms of  hashimoto's encephalopathy?

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Dementia + thyroid : Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a rapidly progressive, sometimes steroid-responsive, dementing illness, that accompanies evidence for hashimoto's autoimmune thyroiditis.  Steroid-responsive encephalopathy is often used as an equivalent to hashimoto's.  Disorientation, confusing, and other generic features of dementia would be typical.

Question 7

have you seen patients after having had a hypertensive encephalopathy? do their symptoms tend to resolve or tend to be permanent?

Accepted Answer

Symptoms: Although a headache  can be associated with elevated BP the symptoms should resolve in a 24 hour period.

Question 8

can liver disease present with only hepatic encephalopathy, with normal bloodwork and no other symptoms or is this something else possibly?

Accepted Answer

Encephalopathy: It would be inordinately unusual to develop hepatic encephalopathy with "normal bloodwork", but without knowing what tests to which you are referring it is difficult to answer this question intelligently. It does sound like something entirely different may be going on. Best wishes for a successful outcome.

Question 9

what is myalgic encephalopathy?

Accepted Answer

Definition problem: Myalgic means muscle pain. Encephalopathy means brain problem. This is a fancy term for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Question 10

is myalgic encephalopathy something physical or psychological?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Myalgic encephalopathy or chronic fatigue syndrome is probably a syndrome which has multiple causes.  In addition to physical symptoms there are common psychological symptoms such as depression.  Both must be treated.

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