Bickerstaff’s Brainstem Encephalitis is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder which affects a crucial part of the brain responsible for movement. Read this article to know everything about ...

Doctors at Poona Hospital report a rare Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis case in a GBS patient, revealing multiple complications and unusual symptoms.

Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis includes subacute lapse of consciousness, ataxia and bilateral paralysis of eye movement, following an infection. Sometimes generalized limb weakness occurs.

Teacher Patrick Frepan suddenly had problems walking, talking and eating. He was diagnosed with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, a rare brain inflammation.

Frepan didn't know it then but all those experiences with his nurse had been hallucinations as he battled a rare brain infection called Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis.

Teacher Patrick Frepan suddenly had problems walking, talking and eating. He was diagnosed with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, a rare brain inflammation.

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Teacher Patrick Frepan suddenly had problems walking, talking and eating. He was diagnosed with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, a rare brain inflammation.

Doctors at Poona Hospital report a rare Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis case in a GBS patient, revealing multiple complications and unusual symptoms.