BRIEF REVIEW OF VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS

Encephalitis is a disease characterised by inflammation of the encephalon. An important element to take into account in this pathology that it has several causes, among which viral and metabolic are most important. This clinical picture generally manifests itself with headache, altered mental state, seizures, focal signs, movement disorders, some cases also manifested meningeal or cortical depending on whether multi-focal focal. It consider post-infectious para-infectious processes encephalitis. The thing always onset, progression speed, together contact sick people. In suspected encephalitis, aciclovir 10 mg/kg/every 8 hours for 14 days recommended. aim literature review show how treatment encephalitis changed over years, considering possible elements may improve worsen prognosis. KEY WORDS: central nervous system, herpes simplex virus.