{"id":22685,"date":"2020-06-24T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T10:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=22685"},"modified":"2023-09-28T05:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:55:58","slug":"meningoencephalitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/meningoencephalitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meningoencephalitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An inflammatory process involving the brain (encephalitis) and meninges (meningitis), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Inflammation of the meninges and the brain.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Inflammation of the brain and its membranous coverings (the meninges) caused by infection, as with the mumps virus or Brucella (the bacterium causing brucellosis). Brucellosis may also involve the spinal cord, producing myelitis with paralysis of both legs, sometimes called meningomyelitis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Infection of the membranes, or meninges, of the brain and the underlying brain matter. In practically all cases of meningitis there is some involvement of the underlying brain and, when this involvement is considerable, the term meningoencephalitis is used. Mostly it is caused by viruses.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Swelling of the brain and its surrounding membranes (meninges), typically due to a viral infection.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-15\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 gizmo:w-full md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Inflammation of the brain and its protective layers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An inflammatory process involving the brain (encephalitis) and meninges (meningitis), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions. Inflammation of the meninges and the brain. Inflammation of the brain and its membranous coverings (the meninges) caused by infection, as with the mumps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meningoencephalitis - Definition of Meningoencephalitis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An inflammatory process involving the brain (encephalitis) and meninges (meningitis), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions.Inflammation of the meninges and the brain.Inflammation of the brain and its membranous coverings (the meninges) caused by infection, as with the mumps virus or Brucella (the bacterium causing brucellosis). 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