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My dad has been diagnosed for "encephalitis". doctors are not clearly able to find root casuse. all tests (eeg, mri, blood test etc) came clear. lumber punture test revealed high protein in spinal fluid, hence doctors are speculating case of "encephalitis

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Thoughts: Could be viral, but could be immunological, such as anti-NMDA encephalitis. Sometimes the virus is tough to identify.

Answered 5/7/2016

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A member asked:

My dad has been diagnosed for "encephalitis". doctors are not clearly able to find root casuse. all tests (eeg, mri, blood test etc) came clear. lumber punture test revealed high protein in spinal fluid, hence doctors are speculating case of "encephalitis

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Bennett Machanic answered

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