Encephalitis: Causes, Impact, Statistics, and Advocacy for Prevention

This report provides an overview of Encephalitis, a condition characterized by brain inflammation often caused by viral infections. It highlights the negative health impacts, particularly on children and older adults, and emphasizes the need for increased awareness and effective prevention strategies. The report details potential causes such as herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses, and discusses the long-term problems faced by survivors, including fatigue, memory loss, and sensory impairments. Statistics on Encephalitis in the UK are presented, underscoring the rarity but significant impact of the disease, along with the importance of advocacy movements in raising awareness and promoting better health outcomes. The report concludes by reinforcing the need for effective responses and improved healthcare practices to combat Encephalitis.

ENCEPHALITIS
Save future and past from Encephalitis

INTRODUCTION
• There is high impact of Encephalitis which inflammation of brain which
have negative health impact where one of the main cause is viral
infection.
• This can also lead to cause mild flu-like signs along with symptoms like
headache and fever. There is very few awareness about this health issues
within large population.
• There is need to create more awareness which can allow to make better
and effective prevention and allow people to take care of this through
applying different prevention method.

ENCEPHALITIS AS A HEALTH
DISEASE
• It is essential to create awareness about the Encephalitis which have high
prevalence over the health disease which can lead to create high risk of
declining health.
• This can lead to create high negative health impact on children and older
adults. There is need to take care about the health of children which can
include different care about public health.
• In this, there is need to make sure that they should have all the
information which can allow to create prevention which are effective and
leads to create high impact on the delivery of effective response towards
delivery of better awareness about effective health response which are
associated with taking care of health for children and older adult.

CAUSES OF ENCEPHALITIS
• Herpes simplex viruses- causes cold sores
• Varicella zoster virus- causes chicken pox
• Rubella viruses

IMPACT
This have also negative impact when individual with Encephalitis get
survived. There are many patients who get survive are living with different
permanent problems which may include-
• Fatigue
• Irritability
• Impaired concentration
• Seizures
• Memory loss
• Blindness
• Hearing loss

STATISTICS OF
ENCEPHALITIS IN UK
• Encephalitis is rare and have high impact
on individual where about 4000 people
get affected through every year. This is
continuous increasing which affect large
number of population but people have
very less information about it. There are
about 10-15 people in every 100,000
people which is highly occurs in young
people and children.

ADVOCACY MOVEMENT SEEK TO ACHIEVE
• Through advocacy about the Encephalitis can help to create awareness
within large number of population which are associated with taking care
of effective response.
• Through this health protest movement, it allows to get better
improvement which are associated with taking care of effective response
and include people about taking care of effective response which are
associated with better health and preventing through Encephalitis.

CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can conclude that are effective and allow to
get better care about effective response towards the health improvement.
There is discussion about the statistics and negative health impact of
Encephalitis.

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