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What Is Prognosis For Herpes?
Symptoms
Symptoms of encephalitis usually appear within 2 days to 2 weeks of exposure to the virus. In milder cases, symptoms may resemble the flu. In severe cases of full-blown encephalitis, symptoms may include:
- Behavioral and personality changes
- Sensitivity to light
- Fever
- Headache
- Vomiting
- Lethargy and reduced consciousness
- Memory loss
- Stiff neck and back -- accompanied by fever and headache would indicate meningitis
- Confusion
- Speech, hearing, and vision problems
- Muscle weakness
- Seizures
- Partial paralysis
- L...
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