Encephalitis Essays

all. Doctors didn’t really want to cure him, or treat his symptoms. They just let him, and all the others like him, lie there and make sure he was still breathing. So their diagnosis? Encephalitis

Borrowing the Will of Inanimate Objects and Others: The Inhibition of Freedom of Patients in the Awakenings Film Kaye Gwyneth D. Naldoza MLS 1-3 22 October 2015   Encephalitis lethargica or von Economo disease is a sporadic disease that made its mark during the late 1960s when one of the most significant “awakenings” of the patients occurred. The phenomenon was so noteworthy that in 1990, Penny Marshall directed a film called Awakenings that tells the story of the patients who have “woken up” from

The film “Awakenings” was a hit film in 1990 and an award winning drama movie. The movie depicts a particular disease that was the Post encephalitis Parkinson’s disease and the drug that was L-Dopa medication that used to treat it very accurately and effectively. “Awakenings” was all about the victims of epidemic of encephalitis lethargica or Post encephalitis Parkinson’s disease. But a new doctor, Dr. Sayer discovered the L-Dopa medication to try to treat some patients that appear to be catatonic

Nurse Ratched, the head administrative nurse at a mental institution, exercised her near-absolute power over every aspect of the patients’ lives. Over time, she gradually gained a strong position of power, which was only strengthened by her ability to determine the fates of her patients. She was presented as a controlling, yet peaceful character, ensuring that her calculate outlook on the patients was upheld on every measure. Her strong personality is not seen as superficial, rather permanent through

In 1969, there was a doctor named Malcolm Sayer who was really determined to look for a cure for encephalitis lethargic. He then discovered a beneficial drug L-dopa. He finds out some motivation that the patient with the said disease can overcome their catatonic state. One of the patient named Leonard Lowe,that still in catatonic stage communicates with Dr. Sayer using Ouija board. Dr. Sayer attempt to use L-dopa drugs to Leonard. The drugs became the subject in the conference. After the attempts

“People have forgotten what life is all about. They 've forgotten what it is to be alive. They need to be reminded. They need to be reminded of what they have and what they can lose. What I feel is the joy of life, the gift of life, the freedom of life, the wonderment of life!” said Leonard Lowe in the movie Awakenings. Filmed in 1990, Awakenings is based on the story of Dr. Oliver Stack and a handful of mental institution patients trapped in a catatonic state, unable to reach out to the world around

Several common viruses can cause encephalitis: Measles, Polio, Rubella, Varicella, Rabies, and Mumps (Encephalitis, 2012). The emotional changes of Encephalitis are changes in self concept, anxiety, frustration and anger, emotional lability, perception of emotions, and depression, commonly found in the afflicted girls (Dewar B, 2014). Therefore, making the parallels between the afflicted girls and the victims of Encephalitis clearly

Bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites cause meningitis and encephalitis. Although, meningitis can be caused by any of those four infectious causes, it is most often caused by a bacterial or viral infection. Pneumococcal meningitis is the most common form of meningitis and is a bacterial infection. The disease is caused

Awakenings (1990), a nonfictional film directed by Penny Marshall, showed the situation of patients suffering from a disorder identified as Encephalitis lethargica and its on-going search for a suitable and effective drug. It presented an unfamiliar disease towards the audience which appeared to be more of an awareness rather than a basic part of the storyline. The media is not so much aware of the existence and characteristics exhibited by the disease. This paper will be presenting the value of

Encephalitis is different than meningitis on the fact that encephalitis infects the brain directly. The exact cause of this disorder is not known, but main cause of encephalitis that we do understand is different from meningitis. Encephalitis is most often caused by Herpes Simplex Viruses, a viral infection (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2017a, para. 17). Patients dealing with symptoms

struggling with post-encephalitis letharigca catatonia. The biggest struggle for Sayer is that he takes some serious risks to find a solution – while it is clear Sayer does what he thinks is best, he crosses many lines. Ethical dilemmas are hard. Sometimes ethical problems have clear, black and white answers, but others can sometimes fall in a more questionable, grey area. In these instances, everyone is going to have an opinion, but there is not always a true answer to be found. Encephalitis lethargica has

and I should being thankful I am happy, healthy and alive. The film begins with one of the main characters when he was a child who is named Leonard. A young small harmless boy slowly begins to lose his basic functioning because of spreading the encephalitis lethargica disease. The next scene is in a hospital where Dr. Sayer applies for a job. His purpose is to increase the quality of life for his

Awakenings directed by Penny Marshall. A sprung of hope has happened to people who suffered the post-effect of the 1920’s epidemic disease called Encephalitis Lethargica by bringing them back to their mobile bodies for a limited time by the neurologist, Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Encephalitis Lethargica, also known as sleeping sickness, is viral epidemic encephalitis that occurred between 1915 and 1926 and those who survived the initial infection displayed long-term apathy, paralysis of eye muscles and muscular

The film started by showing one of the main characters as a child named Leonard Lowe who is a victim of the disease encephalitis lethargica, or sleepy sickness. It shows what happens to Leonard and the development of the disease on him that reached to the point where he couldn’t go out with his friends anymore to prevent the spreading of the disease and so that he wouldn’t be helpless if the disease attacked. The movie then shows the story of another main character in the year 1969 which was Dr.

syndrome (Korsakoff’s amnesia), Herpes Simplex Encephalitis (HSE), temporal lobe surgery, Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and other injuries affecting the brain such as stroke, Huntington disease and Parkinson’s disease (Groome, 1999). Whereas Psychogenic Amnesia is related to psychological aspects such as one’s forgetting of self-identity following from a trauma or tragic experiences. The triggers for physical cause of amnesia includes: • Stroke • Encephalitis • Coeliac disease • Oxygen deprivation like

Bronx hospital who severely suffering from encephalitis disease that can freeze their childhood memories. Dr. Sayer, a neurologist act as their savior due to giving his full attention and love to his patients with encephalitis disease. The story happened in Bronx Hospital. When Dr. Malcolm Sayer applied in that hospital as neurologist researcher, he immediately accepted for the job. He works there with a group of comatose patients that has encephalitis disease in New York City in the year 1969. One

daily basis. Then he learns that most patients had encountered encephalitis and were all experiencing a sleep state. Then Dr. Sayer finds something interesting about how all these patients have similar condition and that they were all unresponsive when a ball was thrown towards them. The event starts with character, Leonard Lowe, who is one of the victims of encephalitis. Dr. Sayer consults another doctors to learn more about encephalitis. While doing research, Dr. Sayer learns that all patients with

who fell asleep for a longtime because of Encephalitis Lethargica. Awakenings is a American drama film on 1990 which is based on Dr. Oliver Sacks book with the same title, the movie was about the true to life story of a British neurologist Oliver Sacks, which in the movie was named Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams), who discovered in 1969 the effects of L-Dopa, a drug used on patients with Parkinson’s disease at that time, to the patients with Encephalitis lethargica, Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro)

they would have baked and eaten the infected grain. The girls’ outbursts could easily be justified in that they merely were having visual issues from ergot. The children passing out would have also been a described symptom of ergot poisoning. Encephalitis

Fever that is accompanied by possible fever, headache, body aches, fatigue, back pain, and occasionally skin rash, swollen lymph glands, and eye pain. Less than 1% of those infected can develop a serious neurological infection. These may include encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, meningitis, West Nile poliomyelitis, and acute flaccid paralysis. The signs of these infections may include high fever, severe headache, stiff neck, disorientation or confusion, stupor or coma, tremors or muscle jerking, lack