Differential diagnosis and therapy of paresis in infectious diseases


 * During many infections, paralysis can occur in various muscle groups.
 * Paresis in infectious diseases occurs:
 * During the acute phase of the disease - Cerebral palsy, coxsackie, and ECHO viruses
 * They develop a fever first - tick-borne encephalitis, parainfectious encephalitis
 * It is the first symptom in the absence of fever - botulism, polyradiculoneuritis
 * In early or late convalescence- diphtheria


 * Sometimes it is directly related to motor impairment (cerebral palsy, botulism).
 * In other cases, it has an immunopathogenic basis (polyradiculoneuritis).


 *  The prognosis depends on the type of structures affected and the type of change:
 * 1) bulbar and ascending forms have a worse prognosis
 * 2) permanent damage occurs during the destruction of neurons

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