What Is a Brain Infection?
2. Enteroviruses
Enteroviruses are fairly common viruses that tend to cause only mild symptoms. There are two main types of enteroviruses, which are echoviruses and coxsackieviruses. In many cases, the patient will feel no symptoms whatsoever when infected by these viruses. When symptoms do show, the illness is often mistaken for the flu.
The coxsackievirus is responsible for hand, foot, and mouth disease, which is a mild disease that can be uncomfortable but is not usually dangerous. Infections from enteroviruses will pass without treatment in the vast majority of cases. However, they will cause serious problems in some instances, including meningitis and encephalitis.
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