Infections and the Brain

The brain is well protected against most infections but ones that get in cause serious problems. What effect do they have and what can we do to prevent them?
A lecture by Chris Whitty CB, Gresham Professor of Physic 21 November 2018
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The brain is well protected against most infections, but once they get into or around the brain they can cause fatal or serious long-term consequences. Some bacterial, viral and parasitic infections are particularly well adapted to the brain, ranging from meningococcal meningitis and encephalitis to cerebral malaria and sleeping sickness.
Transmission is by several routes including airborne and via mosquitoes and ticks. Control measures including vaccination have reduced the risk of some, but not all, of these very serious infections. This lecture will cover how infections get into the brain, what their effect is and what we can do to prevent and treat them.
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[@nickjung7394]

Clear, concise and sensible. Thanks.

[@educatedmanholecoverbyrich8890]

Thank you. I have passed this on

[@elharithhashim4424]

Nice 👍

[@mikebreler9724]

Why no discussion of dental and sugingival bacteria that infest million that get past the blood brain barrier? Are there any antibiotics that kill them once in the brain?

[@handenbramilton]

Mike Breler 46:20

[@beth6787]

As always Chris is very thorough, strikes the right balance & gets the message over. Vaccination is absolutely vital where available.

[@mohsinahmed9775]

I have nuerosyphilis. Actually is there any real treatment for nuerosyphilis?

[@sharoncommon4743]

CAN ANYONE HELP? On the eve of September 5th I KISSED SOMEONE and FOUR TO SIX HIURS LATER I WOKE UP on sep 7th FEELING DRAINED, and a bit head light ... within the first week or week and a half i attempted exercise and it hit me hard. 7 weeks later .the feeling in the head is (a bit like being permanently hungover ) has not left ....spent weeks in bed, barely managing a walk, feeling fatigued .Doctor thought it post viral fatigue . When I rest my head on the pillow I feel a sort of pressure and slight accentuation of that head feeling , after a few hours. For a while we thought it may have been long covid . But the antibody test was negative. I never had covid . Doctor thinks it was another virus. Started feeling betterv now, 7 weeks in, exercised couple days and, bang! Hit again by the hangovery , dizzy like symptoms. Also, Like with some long covid people reading is not somethung you crave or can do for long, either .... could this be bacterial meningitis ? Or would it show in the white blood cell count the doctor found as normal? What else could it be ? Im normally super healthy , exercise three times a week. Suddenly its all changed . I keep thinking that person i kissed passed me something , ....either THAT or the very jealous friend who insisted in a very fake, friendly way I had some food put something in it? ......the theories then are A ) the kiss B ) another virus C) food . And if it was C) what could have been used to this effect , without ever causing vomit or nausea ? THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE YOU MAY KINDLY OFFER