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2. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. Circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health "Health effects of smoking" and "Dangers of smoking" redirect here. For cannabis, see Effects of cannabis. For smoking crack cocaine, see Crack cocaine § Health issues. "Smoking and health" redirects here. For ...

3. Encephalitis - Wikipedia

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   Certain parasitic or protozoal infestations, such as toxoplasmosis and malaria can also cause encephalitis in people with compromised immune systems. The rare but typically deadly forms of encephalitis, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis and Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, are caused by free-living amoeba. [19]

4. Dad, 54, battling 'terrifying' symptoms after contracting 3 ...

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   Encephalitis is serious and potentially fatal condition where the brain becomes swollen due to inflammation. It is a possible complication of all three of the mosquito-borne viruses Casey ...

5. Viral encephalitis - Wikipedia

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   Viral encephalitis can be diagnosed based on the individual's symptoms, personal history, such as travel history, and different clinical tests such as histology, medical imaging, and lumbar punctures. A differential diagnosis can also be done to rule out other causes of the encephalitis. Many encephalitic viruses often have characteristic ...

6. Meningitis vs. Encephalitis - AOL

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   Matthew C. Washam, medical director of Epidemiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital says " meningitis is an infection that causes the protective membrane (meninges) of the brain and spinal cord ...

7. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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   Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) or sometimes necrotizing encephalitis or infection-induced acute encephalopathy (IIAE) is a rare type of brain disease (encephalopathy) that occurs following a viral infection. [4] Most commonly, it develops secondary to infection with influenza A, influenza B, and the human herpes virus 6. ANE can be ...

8. RFK Had Questions About Vaccines. This Doctor Did, Too. - AOL

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   I had (and still have) seen only a handful of measles cases in my career, but measles is a frightening disease with significant mortality, morbidity (including encephalitis, a dangerous ...

9. Nicotine poisoning - Wikipedia

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   The LD 50 of nicotine is 50 mg/kg for rats and 3 mg/kg for mice. 0.5–1.0 mg/kg can be a lethal dosage for adult humans, and 0.1 mg/kg for children. [19] [20] However the widely used human LD 50 estimate of 0.5–1.0 mg/kg was questioned in a 2013 review, in light of several documented cases of humans surviving much higher doses; the 2013 review suggests that the lower limit causing fatal ...