Posted by Eddie Sylvano on April 21, 2003, at 8:59:56
Oliver Sacks is well known for his book "Awakenings," which described his attempts to address the severe Parkinsonism induced in a group of people who had suffered from a particularly bad strain of viral encephalitis earlier in their lives. It took decades for this trend to emerge in the afffected population, and longer to make the connection.
When my brain is feeling unusually unusual, I think about the fact that I had a relatively severe case of viral encephalitis when I was a toddler (seizures/phenobarbital/craziness). I've read the symptomology of Parkinson's, and don't feel I have to worry about it at the moment, but I often wonder what else this experience may have caused, and what other types of syndromes are experienced by those who have suffered from an early case of encephalitis. My girlfriend always thinks I'm being paranoid when I bring it up, but it seems like such an obvious causative agent. Anyone else in this boat?
poster:Eddie Sylvano
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