Ava Easton
Auteur van Life After Encephalitis: A Narrative Approach (After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories)
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My mother called it sleeping sickness, and said those who suffer from it go into long periods of unconsciousness. I've learned from the Easton book that this definition which I heard more than 60 decades ago is pretty much spot on. Months of lying comatose are indeed common among those who contract the ailment. What I did not learn in detail from my mother were many of the specific facts about how the illness alters lives. But I know now that mother was much aware of its horrible nature.
Thanks to this book I've learned that those who have had encephalitis experience a great amount of memory impairment. It can leave a person unable to recognize those close to them following hospitalization. It strikes some 4.5 million people globally per year, some of whom eventually experience remarkable recovery. It proves fatal for others.
This book requires some forced attention if you are not closely tied to someone with encephalitis or if you are not a medical professional. Some of it will greatly benefit those associated with the healing arts while being difficult for others to follow. If you stay with it from start to finish, you'll learn a lot about a disease you may have not known about.… (meer)