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What causes abnormal behavior when suffering from tuberculous viral meningitis?
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MRI REPORT:-diffuse areas of restricted diffusion in the bilateral basal ganglia fronto temporal cortical reson, mid brain and upper pons posterioli which shows subtle patchy enhancement. these most likely represent underlying changes of accute encephalomyelitis/encephalitis. hello my sister is suffering from tuberculous viral meningitis from past 7 weeks her age is 17 years...after she had been discharged from hospital her behavious is not normal and her diet also increased by 3 times..she is very violent and always do the opposite of what we tell her to do...please help me in this case as we have also consulted a psychiatrist from past 5 days but there is no such improvement in her case...will she be recovered from her mental disorder?
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this is a case of organic mental illness. your sis have abnormalities in her brain n the frontotemporal lobe of the brain governs the behavior of the person and the temporal lobe in particular is for reception of auditory perception means she is not able to process whatever u r saying to her. these all abnormal findings in brain due to tubercular meningitis will recover gradually with medications but if it leaves behind some residual abnormality then there will be some abnormality in her behavior permanently. she must be on treatment for tuberculosis, she shud complete the course of the treatment which must be of longer duration mostly of 6 to 9 months n during these period her behavior can be managed with antipsychotic medications. it will be wise to start any antipsychotics after careful observation of the symptoms on the part of the treating psychiatrist..