“El desarrollo motor en una niña de 3 años con diagnóstico de meningoencefalitis.”

Abstract

Meningoencephalitis is a disease that affects the meninges that cover the brain can be caused by an infection of viruses, bacteria, or systemic inflammation, drugs; It manifests with fever or hypothermia, irritability or lethargy, vomiting can sometimes present convulsions, paralysis of cranial nerves, pauses of apnea, decay, moaning, alterations of consciousness and stiff neck.Due to the seizures directly affects the different areas of the child's development, observing sequelae of the disease such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, psychological damage, motor alterations, hearing problems. The present case describes a patient of 3 years without pathological antecedents, nor data of relevance in its development; Attends emergencies for presenting convulsions of the clonic type, accompanied by irritability, change in behavior, deciding their admission to Hospitalization for their respective follow-up and determining the factors that caused the seizures; At instants of admission, the girl is drowsy, apathetic, afebrile, postural asymmetry, ataxic gait, decreased left hemisphere mobility, left foot clonic movements.Tests are performed where Machausen's syndrome is initially diagnosed when signs and symptoms do not match was discarded; Obtaining the results of complementary examinations sent by the Neuropediatrician is determined to have Meningoencephalitis. The respective treatment was given for 13 days that the child remained in hospital and under observation.