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You really should seek expert medical opinion. Inflammation can get worse any time and it may lead to a permanent coma. Bruce Lee died from it too.as I feel similarly in many ways.
Brain on Fire: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704700/
Fascinating movie. She went through hell. It took a really expert surgeon to diagnose her correctly. How he diagnoses her condition is fascinating as heck! Really telling how rare truly gifted medical professionals are.
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome Is a very different animal. Though both can certainly make one wacky.Tends to be a common problem with boozers (no safe exposure level)...sometimes called "wet brain".
Boozers usually end up with encephalitis otherwise known as "wet brain" some at a very young age. "
What causes alcoholic encephalopathy?
Prolonged liver dysfunction resulting from alcohol consumption can lead to the development of a serious and potentially fatal brain disorder known as hepatic encephalopathy (HE).
Locked In Syndrome is a real thing resultant for brain stem strokes (most commonly). It's absolutely horrifying.A book I ran across recently called Locked In (by John Scalzi) followed a future where a contagious virus sweeps the world, not impacted most, but 1% who result in a Lock In, fully awake and aware but unable to move or respond to stimuli. The book is set a quarter of a century later when the science of the mind has been improved by leaps and bounds.
Yes, and the trigger point for the research focus change in the book was the wife of the President became locked in, causing the money to start to flow into research.Locked In Syndrome is a real thing resultant for brain stem strokes (most commonly). It's absolutely horrifying.