JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES | HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS

The most common virus that causes encephalitis in Asia is the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a flavivirus that is spread by mosquitoes and is in the same genus as the West Nile, dengue, and yellow fever viruses.

In Japan in 1871, the first case of the viral illness known as JE was reported.

According to a literature review, JE primarily affects children and has an annual incidence of clinical disease that varies between and within endemic countries, with rates as high as 10 per 100 000 people during outbreaks. Most adults in endemic countries have natural immunity following childhood infection, but people of any age can contract JE.

Although there has not yet been evidence of increased JEV transmission following major floods or tsunamis, major outbreaks of JE occur every 2–15 years, and JE transmission intensifies during the rainy season, during which vector populations increase. The spread of JEV in new areas has been correlated with agricultural development and intensive rice cultivation supported by irrigation programs.

Signs and symptoms

The case-fatality rate can be as high as 30% among those with disease symptoms, but the majority of JEV infections are mild (fever and headache) or without symptoms at all. However, about 1 in 250 infections causes severe clinical illness, which is characterized by a rapid onset of high fever, headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, seizures, spastic paralysis, and ultimately death.

20%–30% of those who survive have neurological, intellectual, or behavioral issues that are permanent. These issues can include paralysis, recurrent seizures, or the inability to speak.

Transmission

Over 3 billion people reside in the 24 countries that are at risk for JEV transmission in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions.

Humans contract JEV from infected mosquito bites, which are carried by theCulexspecies (mainlyCulextritaeniorhynchusThe virus exists in a cycle of transmission between mosquitoes, pigs, and/or water birds (enzootic cycle), with humans living in close proximity to these vertebrate hosts in rural and periurban areas being the most common foci of the disease. Humans, once infected, do not develop sufficient viraemia to infect feeding mosquitoes.

In the tropics and subtropics, transmission can happen all year long but frequently intensifies during the rainy season and pre-harvest period in regions where rice is grown. In the majority of temperate areas of Asia, JEV is transmitted primarily during the warm season, when large epidemics can happen.

Diagnosis

A laboratory test of serum or, preferentially, cerebrospinal fluid is necessary to confirm JEV infection and rule out alternative causes of encephalitis in people who reside in or have traveled to a JE-endemic area and experience encephalitis.

Case-based surveillance is established in nations that successfully control JE through vaccination. The disease is primarily monitored syndromically for acute encephalitis. Confirmatory laboratory testing is frequently carried out in specific sentinel sites.

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

Japanese encephalitis has been successfully treated with homoeopathic medications, and they are also useful in preventing the disease.

BELLADONNA 200Japanese encephalitis symptoms include a high fever, delirium, red eyes and a flushed face, as well as brain congestion. Beladonna is one of the best treatments for this condition.

GELESEMIUM 200-Gelsemium is prescribed for headache, vertigo, and pain in the neck and shoulder. These symptoms may be accompanied by fever, dullness, drowsiness, and weakness. The patient may also experience chilliness down the back, watery bland discharge from the nose, a hot, flushed face, heavy eyelids, loss of muscular control, and hot, heavy flushing.

HELLEBORUS 200When brain inflammation results in stupefaction, memory loss, melancholy, and drowsiness, helleborus is recommended as a treatment.

HYSOSYMAMOUS NIGERWhen brain inflammation, head and face congestion, a violently throbbing headache, giddiness, and violent delirium occur, 200-Hyosyamous is prescribed.

When there is delirium tremens, vertigo, and a delusion about the patient’s identity due to inflammation of the brain accompanied by heat and pulsation of the vertex, stramonium 200 is another effective treatment for Japanese encephalitis.

**ARSENIC ALBUM 200-**Arsenic alb is prescribed when organ degeneration starts, the patient is extremely restless, and there is a frequent need for small amounts of water.

HOMOEOPATHIC PREVENTIVE

Give a 200 mg dose of Belladonna at bedtime, a 200 mg dose of Calcarea carb at bedtime, and a 200 mg dose of Tuberculinum at bedtime after a two-week interval.