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Written By: Admin | Published : September 3, 2012 9:07 AM IST
Five more children succumbed to the encephalitis at the BRD Medical College Hospital, taking the total death toll to 225 in UP this year.
Three children from Gorakhpur and two hailing from Deoria died in the hospital yesterday, Additional Director (Health) Diwakar Prasad said. As many as 50 fresh patients of suspected encephalitis have been admitted to the BRD Medical College Hospital during the last 24 hours, he said. A total of 1,321 encephalitis patients were admitted this year to various government hospitals of which 225 have died, Prasad said.
Encephalitis is a disease that results in inflammation of the brain. The patient's central nervous system is affected. While the lesser symptoms include headaches and fevers, the more severe ones cause the onset of mental issues like seizures, confusion, disorientation, tremors and hallucinations. It can be caused due to bacterial or viral infections of the brain, injection of toxic substances or increased complications of an infectious disease.
