Encephalitis

This brings one to the conclusion that what they were experiencing in 1692 was an unrecognized outbreak of encephalitis. Studies show there are many shocking similarities between the symptoms reported in Salem 1692 and the encephalitis lathargica pandemic in the early twentieth century. During both occasions young women and children were most susceptible. This could have been an epidemic brought on through mosquito…

While meningitis is primarily an infection of the meninges, an infection by a virus is the most common cause of encephalitis. Encephalitic caused by alteration of normal immune function in the context of a previous viral infection or following vaccination is also common. Infectious encephalitis may be very difficult to distinguish from another form of encephalitis associated with other metabolic causes. Immunizations can be the best prevention method in protecting against meningitis. In…

Laurie Winn Carlson, found an explanation that could help to explain the large range of physical manifestations that were described by the colonists and this she postulates is an isolated epidemic of encephalitis (124). In comparing the physical manifestations that appeared in Salem with an encephalitis lethargica pandemic that occurred in the early 20th century, Carlson draws on some strikingly similar descriptions of symptoms that took place between each that she points to too make her case.…

MEASLES According to the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), Rubeola, or “red” measles, is a highly contagious respiratory disease spread by coughing, sneezing, or simply being in close contact with someone who is infected with it, even when the rash is not visible. Measles tends to be more severe in adults than in children, with a higher fever, more prominent rash, and more complications. Symptoms start with a fever, cough, runny nose, red irritated eyes, sore throat with tiny white…

identified this rash as Rubeola or more commonly known as Measles and has continue to be a scourge throughout time. Individuals with a suppressed or undeveloped immune response have difficulty resisting the virus as it progresses into pneumonia or encephalitis (swelling of the brain). In the past Measles like other diseases hopped across the oceans with explores and traders. Native Americans and Pacific Islanders with no natural immunity were reduced by some estimates by 95%. During the 20th…

Quarantine I chose a 2008 movie “Quarantine” for this extra credit assignment. In this movie, a television reporter and her cameraman are shadowing two fire fighters during their night shift and while they are touring the facility, an emergency call leads them to an apartment from where the 911 call was made by the apartment manager. Upon arriving of the 2 firemen, 2 police officers and the television crew the apartment manager explains that a woman has been screaming upstairs in one of the…

There were many strange actions among the Puritans who resided in Salem, a village in Massachusetts. In Rosalyn Schanzerś WITCHES The Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem, many people of Salem thought the act of witchery was involved. However, they did not consider the possibility of an illness or disease they could have contracted. In 1692, Reverend Parris’s two daughters, Betty and Abigail, started to act abnormally. This included very unusual symptoms such as contortions and…

Some of those believed causes include rubella during pregnancy, tuberous sclerosis, fragile x syndrome, or encephalitis. Other anomalies such as non-classified mutated or changed genes are also reasons that some researchers believe to cause autism. Rubella, also known as German measles, is a disease that is only harmful to the unborn baby present in the mother…

The victims were pig farmers. People thought that it might be Japanese Encephalitis, but that proved wrong. Samples from people were sent to the CDC to be analyzed and what they found was similar to Hendra but different. It became known as Nipah virus encephalitis. So once again the question arises, where did it come from? Ken Lam, the head of microbiology at a university in Malaysia worked with Hume Field, whom found…

Parkinson’s disease is a disorder in the nervous system slowly kills off and malfunctions certain parts of the nerve cells in the brain. It is a movement disorder of the hands, arms, legs, jaw and face that plays with postural instability making the human unbalanced and uncoordinated. It stiffs up the limbs making the body very rigid and slow in movements. The disease comes with the loss of brain cells that eventually will release the chemical called dopamine. The role of dopamine of the human…