Cognitive disorders in patients with nervous system injuries by persistent degrees

Abstract

Purpose of the study. To study the severity of CP in patients with lesions of the nervous system by persistent pathogens. Materials and methods of research. Clinicalneurological and neuropsychological research. 53 patients were examined, including 42 (72,24%) women and 11 (20,75%) men. Among them, 32 (60,37%) patients with herpesvirus lesions of the nervous system and tickborne borreliosis (chronic form) – 21 (39,62%). Age of patients – from 19 to 64 years. The control group consisted of 30 people who had no history of herpesvirus lesions of the nervous system and tickborne borreliosis aged 20 to 60 years. According to the involvement of the central and peripheral nervous system in the pathological process, the clinical diagnoses were as follows: arachnoencephalitis, encephalitis, meningoencephalitis in 22 patients (41,5%), arachnoiditis 12 (22.64%), encephalomyelitis 1 (1,88%), diffuse encephalomyelitis 6 (11,32%), arachnoencephalomyelopolyneuropathy 3 (5,66%), encephalopolyneuropathy 5 (9,43%).

Keywords

• tickborne borreliosis (chronic form)