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Introduction: Brain symptoms

Further information about Brain symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Brain symptoms: brain swelling, cerebrovascular symptoms, encephalitis, Bleeding in the brain, brain atrophy, brain damage, encephalopathy, brain tumor or other types.

Brain symptoms: Symptoms affecting the brain. See free access online books about Brain symptoms below. See detailed information below for a list of 727 causes of Brain symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Brain symptoms

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Causes of Types of Brain symptoms:

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Brain symptoms: Multiple Symptom Checker

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Brain symptoms

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Diagnostic Guides for Brain symptoms

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Medical Books Excerpts
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Misdiagnosis and Brain symptoms

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was initially...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such as ...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical...read more »

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Stories from Users for Brain symptoms

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Videos for Brain symptoms

Helping Stroke Recovery

Helping Stroke RecoveryThis year over 300,000 people in the United States will suffer a stroke, many of whom are elderly. Following the immediate crisis there are long term...

Treating Strokes

Treating StrokesIf you or someone you know is at risk of stroke, it is crucial to recognize that successful stroke treatment depends on quick action. The sooner you...

 

What is Spasticity?

What is Spasticity?In the aftermath of a stroke, many people experience an uncontrollable tightness in the arms or legs that can cause pain and restrict movement. These...

Stroke Warning Signs

Stroke Warning SignsA stroke can be a life-altering event but its warning signs can sometimes be difficult to identify. Experts discuss the exact steps to take when you...

 
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Patient Surveys for Brain symptoms

Drug interactions causing Brain symptoms:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Brain symptoms as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Haloperidol and Lithium interaction - brain toxicity
  • Alti-Haloperidol and Lithium interaction - brain toxicity
  • Apo-Haloperidol and Lithium interaction - brain toxicity
  • Haldol and Lithium interaction - brain toxicity
  • Haldol LA and Lithium interaction - brain toxicity

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Organs affected by Brain symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Brain symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Brain symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Brain symptoms mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Brain symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Brain symptoms. Of the 727 causes of Brain symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 8 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 10 causes are "common" diseases
  • 8 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 16 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 56 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 649 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 727 causes of Brain symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Brain symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Brain symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • 2-Hydroxyglutaricaciduria ... cerebellar atrophy
  • 3 alpha methylglutaconicaciduria, type 3 ... decreased brain function
  • 3-Hydroxyisobutyric aciduria ... cerebral cortex atrophy

    A

  • A ?-protein amyloidosis ... stroke
  • Aase Smith syndrome ... hydrocephaly
  • Abetalipoproteinemia ... neurological symptoms
  • ACAD9 deficiency ... cerebellar stroke
  • Acrocallosal Syndrome (Schinzel Type) ... congenital brain cysts
  • Acrodynia ... neurological symptoms
  • Acrofrontofacionasal dysostosis syndrome ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Acutane embryopathy ... hydrocephalus, cerebellar microdysgenesis
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... neurological symptoms
  • Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis ... brain swelling, neurological symptoms
  • Acute liver failure ... encephalopathy, brain swelling
  • Acute vitamin A toxicity ... increased intracranial pressure
  • ADANE ... brain hemorrhage, brain swelling
  • Addington disease ... encephalomyelitis
  • Adenoviridae Infections ... encephalopathy, neurological symptoms
  • Adenovirus infection in immunocompromised patients ... encephalopathy, neurological symptoms
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy ... brain demyelination, brain sclerosis
  • Adrenomyeloneuropathy ... brain symptoms
  • Adult-onset ALD ... deterioration of brain function
  • African Sleeping sickness ... brain symptoms
  • Agenesis of the corpus callosum ... Hydrocephaly
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome ... encephalopathy
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 1 ... encephalopathy
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 2 ... encephalopathy
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 3 ... encephalopathy
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 4 ... encephalopathy
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 5 ... encephalopathy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ... cryptococcal meningitis
  • Alexander Syndrome ... hydrocephalus, enlarged brain, enlarged brain, brain enlargement
  • Allergic encephalomyelitis ... neurological symptoms
  • Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase deficiency ... hydrocephaly
  • Alpha-mannosidosis type II ... brain atrophy
  • Alport Syndrome ... brain atrophy
  • Aminoacidopathies ... neurological symptoms
  • Amyloid angiopathy ... brain hemorrhage
  • Amyloidosis VI ... bleeding in the brain
  • Amyloidosis VII ... stroke
  • Amyloidosis, oculoleptomeningeal ... stroke
  • Andersen disease ... neurological abnormalities
  • Angioma hereditary neurocutaneous ... stroke
  • Angioneurotic Edema ... brain swelling
  • Anophthalmia - hypyothalamo-pituitary insufficiency ... hydrocephaly
  • Anthrax ... meningitis
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome ... stroke
  • Aorta conditions ... Stroke
  • Arachnoid Cysts ... hydrocephalus (cerebrospinal fluid accumulation), increased intracranial pressure
  • Arbovirosis ... encephalitis, meningitis
  • Argentinean hemorrhagic fever ... neurological symptoms
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 2 ... hydrocephalus
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 3 ... hydrocephalus
  • Ataxia, spastic, 3, autosomal recessive ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Atherosclerosis ... Symptoms of brain artery disease, stroke, transient ischemic attack
  • Ausrian triad ... meningitis
  • Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System ... neurological symptoms
  • Autoimmune limbic encephalitis ... neurological symptoms
  • Autonomic Dysreflexia ... stroke
  • Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum ... hydrocephalus

    B

  • Baker-Vinters syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Baló disease ... neurological symptoms
  • Balo's concentric sclerosis ... neurological symptoms
  • BANF acoustic neurinoma ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Baraitser-Winter syndrome ... brain malformations, cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Barotrauma ... stroke like symptoms
  • Bartonella ... brain involvement
  • Bartonella infections ... meningoencephalitis, neurological symptoms
  • Bartonellosis ... meningoencephalitis, neurological symptoms
  • Beemer-Ertbruggen syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Behcet's Disease ... recurrent meningitis, Neurological symptoms, meningitis
  • Berry aneurysm, cirrhosis, pulmonary emphysema, and cerebral calcification ... neurological symptoms
  • Bessman-Baldwin syndrome ... brain degeneration
  • Biemond syndrome type 2 ... hydrocephalus
  • Binswanger's Disease ... stroke
  • Biotinidase deficiency ... cerebellar atrophy, acute meningoencephalitis, cerebellar degeneration
  • Blastoma ... neurological symptoms
  • Bobble-head doll syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Bolivian hemorrhagic fever ... neurological symptoms
  • Bone marrow failure - neurologic abnormalities ... neurological abnormalities, hydrocephalus
  • BOR-Duane hydrocephalus contiguous gene syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Botulism food poisoning ... neurological symptoms
  • Brain cancer ... brain swelling, hydrocephalus
  • Brain compression ... raised intracranial pressure
  • Brown-Symmers disease ... enlarged brain, brain hemorrhages

    C

  • CACH syndrome ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Cadasil ... cerebral gliosis, stroke-like episodes, recurrent strokes, cerebral demyelination
  • CAMFAK syndrome ... brain degeneration
  • Campomelic dysplasia ... hydrocephalus, large brain
  • Camptomelic dysplasia I ... cerebral malformations
  • Camptomelic dysplasia II ... cerebral malformations
  • Canavan leukodystrophy ... enlarged brain
  • Cardioencephalomyopathy fatal infantile due to cytochrome c oxidase deficiency ... encephalopathy
  • Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome ... hydrocephalus, brain anomalies, brain stem atrophy
  • Cardiovirus ... encephalitis
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 deficiency ... encephalopathy
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 2 deficiency ... brain abnormalities
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase deficiency ... encephalopathy, brain abnormalities
  • Carnitine palmitoyl transferase II deficiency, lethal neonatal form ... brain abnormalities
  • Carnitine transporter deficiency ... encephalopathy
  • Cat Eye Syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... bleeding in the brain
  • Cavernous hemangioma ... brain lesion
  • CDG syndrome (generic term) ... brain atrophy
  • Cennamo-Gangemi syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Cerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Cerebellar atrophy with progressive microcephaly ... brain degeneration
  • Cerebellum agenesis - hydrocephaly ... hydrocephaly, brain atrophy, cerebellum agenesis
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Familial ... brain hemorrhage, stroke
  • Cerebral astrocytoma, adult ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Cerebral dysgenesis, neuropathy, ichthyosis, and palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome ... brain defects
  • Cerebral gigantism - jaw cysts ... brain malformation
  • Cerebral hemorrhage ... bleeding in the brain, brain symptoms
  • Cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, hereditary, Dutch type ... brain hemorrhage
  • Cerebral ventricle neoplasm ... hydrocephalus, bleeding in the brain
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 10 ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Chédiak-Higashi syndrome ... cerebellar tremor
  • Chagas disease ... meningoencephalitis, Meningoencephalic inflammation
  • Chiari Malformation ... progressive brain impairment
  • Choroid Plexus neoplasms ... cerebellar signs
  • Chromosome 1(q12q22) duplication syndrome ... brain atrophy
  • Chromosome 12q duplication syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 13 ring syndrome ... cerebral calcifying angiopathy, hydrocephaly
  • Chromosome 13q deletion syndrome ... hydrocephaly, brain defects
  • Chromosome 13q-mosaicism ... brain malformations
  • Chromosome 14 uniparental disomy syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome ... hydrocephaly, brain cysts
  • Chromosome 16q, partial deletion ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 17p, partial duplication ... hydrocephaly
  • Chromosome 18 Ring ... encephalopathy
  • Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome ... hydrocephalus, brain atrophy
  • Chromosome 21 monosomy ... brain abnormalities, brain atrophy
  • Chromosome 22, trisomy ... hydrocephaly
  • Chromosome 22q duplication syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 2q duplication syndrome ... brain abnormalities
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q ... brain abnormalities
  • Chromosome 4, Monosomy 4q ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 5p duplication syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 6p deletion syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 7 ring syndrome ... brain hypomyelination, brain atrophy
  • Chromosome 7q duplication syndrome ... cerebellar vermis, hydrocephalus, cerebellar atrophy
  • Chromosome 8p deletion syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Chromosome 9p tetrasomy syndrome ... brain hypoplasia articular, hydrocephaly
  • Chromosome 9q duplication syndrome ... encephalopathy
  • Chronic vitamin A toxicity ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Citrullinemia II ... neurological symptoms
  • Cleft upper lip, median - cutaneous polyps ... central nervous system tumors
  • CMV antenatal infection ... brain damage, hydrocephalus
  • Cocaine fetopathy ... brain malformation, brainstem conduction delays
  • Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10), deficiency ... encephalopathy, cerebellar atrophy
  • Coenzyme Q cytochrome c reductase deficiency of ... brain damage, encephalopathy
  • Coffin-Lowry syndrome ... hydrocephalus, brain ventricular dilatation
  • Coloboma chorioretinal cerebellar vermis aplasia ... brain malformations
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency ... meningitis
  • Complement component deficiency ... meningitis
  • Complement receptor deficiency ... meningitis
  • Complex 1 mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency ... encephalopathy, brain swelling
  • Complex 2 mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency ... neurological symptoms
  • Congenital cystic eye, multiple ocular and intracranial anomalies ... brain abnormalities
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1/IIX ... brain abnormalities
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A ... stroke-like episodes
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1L ... brain atrophy
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2D ... stroke-like episodes
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIH ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Congenital herpes simplex ... central nervous system infection, encephalitis, meningitis
  • Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... hydrocephalus
  • Corpus callosum dysgenesis X-linked recessive ... hydrocephaly
  • Corpus callosum, agenesis of, blepharophimosis Robin type ... hydrocephalus
  • Cortical hyperostosis-syndactyly ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Craniofacial conodysplasia ... hydrocephalus
  • Craniosynostosis ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Craniosynostosis - alopecia - brain defect ... hydrocephaly
  • Craniosynostosis Fontaine type ... brain malformation
  • Craniosynostosis, sagittal, with Dandy-Walker malformation and hydrocephalus ... hydrocephalus, neurological symptoms, increased intracranial pressure
  • Craniotelencephalic dysplasia ... hydrocephaly
  • Crome syndrome ... encephalopathy
  • Cryptococcosis ... meningoencephalitis, encephalitis, meningitis
  • Currarino triad ... recurrent meningitis
  • Cutler-Bass-Romshe syndrome ... neurological symptoms
  • Cyprus facial neuromusculoskeletal syndrome ... neurological symptoms
  • Cysticercosis ... swelling of the brain (hydrocephalus), brain cysts
  • Czeizel syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Czeizel-Losonci syndrome ... hydrocephalus

    D

  • D-minus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D-HUS) - pregnancy related ... neurological symptoms
  • D-plus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) ... cerebrovascular accident 25%
  • Dandy Walker syndrome recessive form ... brain cyst
  • Dandy-Walker - facial hemangioma ... brain malformation, hydrocephalus
  • Dandy-Walker malformation postaxial polydactyly ... brain malformation, hydrocephalus
  • Dandy-Walker Syndrome ... brain malformation, Hydrocephalus, Symptoms of cerebellar dysfunction, increased intracranial pressure, Symptoms of increased intracranial pressure
  • De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome ... neurological symptoms
  • Deafness - hypospadias - metacarpal and metatarsal synostosis ... brain abnormalities
  • Deletion 2q24 ... hydrocephalus
  • Delleman-Oorthuys syndrome ... brain malformations
  • Dementia, familial Danish ... brain atrophy
  • Demyelinating disorder ... neurological symptoms
  • Dentatorubral Pallidoluysian Atrophy ... brain atrophy
  • Digitorenocerebral syndrome ... brain anomalies
  • Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency ... brain dysmyelination
  • Dinno-Shearer-Weisskopf syndrome ... hydrocephaly
  • Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease ... meningitis
  • Dysbarism ... stroke
  • Dyslipidemia ... cerebrovasular disease and kidney disease
  • Dysmyelination ... neurological symptoms
  • Dystonia with cerebellar atrophy ... cerebellar atrophy

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia - mental retardation - central nervous system malformation ... hydrocephaly
  • Edinburgh malformation syndrome ... brain abnormalities
  • Edwards Syndrome ... brain anomalies
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with periventricular heterotopia ... brain malformation
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, X-linked ... brain malformation
  • Encephalocele anterior ... hydrocephalus
  • Encephalocele frontal ... hydrocephalus
  • Encephaloceles ... hydrocephalus
  • Encephalopathy progressive - optic atrophy ... brain degeneration
  • Endodermal sinus tumor ... hydrocephalus
  • Endomyocardial fibrosis ... stroke
  • Enterovirus antenatal infection ... aseptic meningitis, meningoencephalitis, intracranial bleeding, meningitis
  • Ependymoma ... hydrocephalus
  • Episodic ataxia, type 6 ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Erythrokeratodermia with ataxia ... neurological symptoms
  • Extradural hematoma ... raised intracranial pressure

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... transient ischemic attacks
  • Factor VII deficiency ... brain hemorrhage
  • Factor XIII Deficiency ... bleeding in the brain
  • Factor XIII deficiency, congenital ... bleeding in the brain
  • Factor XIII, A1 subunit Deficiency ... bleeding in the brain
  • Factor XIII, B subunit Deficiency ... bleeding in the brain
  • Fahr's Syndrome ... calcium deposit in brain
  • Faye-Petersen-Ward-Carey syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Fetal akinesia syndrome, X-linked ... brain malformations
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome ... brain malformations
  • Fetal brain disruption sequence ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Fetal indomethacin syndrome ... brain hemorrhage
  • Fetal parainfluenza virus type 3 ... viral encephalitis
  • Fibromatosis multiple non ossifying ... neurological symptoms
  • Fibromuscular dysplasia of arteries ... stroke
  • Flavivirus Infections ... encephalitis, neurological symptoms
  • Fochs-LADD ... brain hemorrhage
  • Franek-Bocker-Kahlen syndrome ... brain defect
  • Fried syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Fumaric aciduria ... brain malformations

    G

  • Galloway syndrome ... brain malformations
  • Ganglioglioma ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Gaucher Disease ... progressive brain damage
  • Gliomatosis cerebri ... hydrocephalus
  • Gliosarcoma ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Glutathione synthetase deficiency, severe ... neurological symptoms
  • Glycine synthase deficiency ... hydrocephalus
  • Glycine synthase deficiency, type 1 ... hydrocephalus
  • Glycine synthase deficiency, type 2 ... hydrocephalus
  • Goossens-Devriendt syndrome ... brain defect
  • Granulomatous Angiitis of the Central Nervous System ... strokes, encephalopathy, transient ischemic attack
  • Griscelli disease ... neurological symptoms
  • Griscelli syndrome type II ... neurological symptoms
  • Griscelli syndrome type III ... neurological symptoms
  • Group B Streptococcal Infections ... meningitis

    H

  • Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Hantavirosis ... encephalitis
  • HARD syndrome ... cerebellar malformation, brain abnormalities, hydrocephalus
  • Head injury ... intracranial bleeding, brain injury symptoms
  • HELLP syndrome ... cerebral disturbance
  • Hemangioblastoma ... raised intracranial pressure
  • Hemiplegic migraine, familial type 1 ... cerebellar signs
  • Hemophagocytic reticulosis ... meningoencephalitis
  • Hemophilia ... intracranial bleeding
  • Hemophilus influenzae B ... meningitis
  • Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome ... brain hemorrhage, encephalopathy, brain swelling
  • Hemorrhagic thrombocythemia ... central nervous system ischemia, transient ischemic attacks
  • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ... stroke
  • Hepatic encephalopathy syndrome ... neurological symptoms
  • Hereditary carnitine deficiency ... encephalopathy
  • Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ... brain telangiectases
  • HERNS syndrome ... stroke
  • HHV-6 encephalitis ... neurological symptoms
  • HIV/AIDS ... neurologic problems
  • HMG CoA synthetase deficiency ... encephalopathy
  • Holoacardius amorphus ... hydrocephaly
  • Holoprosencephaly ... normal or near-normal brain development
  • Holoprosencephaly, recurrent infections, and monocytosis ... brain anomalies
  • Homocystinuria due to defect in methylation (cbl g) ... neurological symptoms
  • Homocystinuria due to defect in methylation cbl e ... neurological symptoms
  • Hydranencephaly ... hydrocephalus
  • Hydrocephalus ... raised intracranial pressure, brain atrophy if untreated
  • Hydrocephalus - craniosynostosis - bifid nose ... hydrocephalus
  • Hydrocephalus - growth retardation - skeletal anomalies ... hydrocephalus
  • Hydrocephalus autosomal recessive ... hydrocephaly
  • Hydrocephalus due to congenital stenosis of aqueduct of sylvius ... hydrocephalus
  • Hyperpipecolatemia ... neurological symptoms
  • Hyperprolinemia ... neurological symptoms
  • Hyperprolinemia type II ... neurological symptoms
  • Hyperthermia induced defects ... brain dysfunction
  • Hypodermyasis ... neurological symptoms
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... neurologic problems
  • Hypomyelination and congenital cataract ... cerebellar signs

    I

  • Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome ... encephalopathy
  • Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura ... brain bleeding
  • Immunodeficiency due to interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4 deficiency ... meningitis
  • Inborn amino acid metabolism disorder ... neurological abnormalities
  • Inborn urea cycle disorder ... brain damage, encephalopathy
  • Infant Cytomegalic virus ... brain damage
  • Infantile hypophosphatasia ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Infantile sialic acid storage disorder ... hydrocephalus, brain atrophy
  • Infantile spasms - broad thumbs ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Insect sting allergies ... Encephalopathy
  • Intermediate cystinosis ... hydrocephalus
  • Internal carotid agenesis ... transient ischemic attacks
  • Intracranial arachnoid cysts ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Intracranial arteriovenous malformation ... bleeding in the brain
  • Intracranial germ cell tumour ... hydrocephalus
  • Intrauterine infections ... brain damage
  • Ischemia ... stroke
  • Isotretinoin embryopathy like syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Ivemark III ... neurological symptoms

    J

  • Jeune syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma ... increased intracranial pressure

    K

  • Katayama fever ... neurological symptoms
  • Kearns-Sayre Syndrome ... increased cerebrospinal fluid protein
  • Keratosis follicularis - dwarfism - cerebral atrophy ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Kernicterus ... neurological symptoms, brain enlargement, brain enlargement
  • Kifafa seizure disorder ... neurological abnormalities
  • Kleeblattschaedel syndrome ... hydrocephalus, brain malformations
  • Klippel Feil Syndrome ... brain abnormalities
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome recessive type ... brain abnormalities
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome, dominant type ... brain abnormalities
  • Krause syndrome ... hydrocephalus

    L

  • Larsen syndrome, recessive type ... hydrocephalus
  • Lateral body wall complex ... hydrocephaly
  • Lathosterolosis ... neurological symptoms
  • Lead poisoning ... Brain damage
  • Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome ... brain damage
  • Leukodystrophy with oligodontia ... neurological symptoms
  • Lhermitte-Duclos disease ... cerebellar tumor
  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome ... brain tumor
  • Limbic encephalitis ... neurological symptoms
  • Lindstrom syndrome ... brain degeneration
  • Lipoproteinemia ... stroke
  • Lissencephaly type III - familial foetal akinesia sequence ... cerebral malformations
  • Listeriosis ... meningitis
  • Listeriosis - granulomatous infantiseptica ... brain abscess, brain granuloma
  • Listeriosis meningoencephalitis ... meningitis symptoms
  • Lockwood-Feingold syndrome ... hydrocephaly
  • Lupus ... stroke, brain symptoms
  • Lyme disease ... Encephalopathy, Encephalomyelitis, meningitis symptoms, Neurological symptoms
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... encephalitis, meningitis
  • Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis ... meningitis

    M

  • Macrocephaly, mental retardation, short stature, spastic paraplegia and CNS malformations ... hydrocephalus
  • Mal de debarquement ... brain fog
  • Malformations in neuronal migration ... neurological symptoms
  • Malignant astrocytoma ... brain tumor, increased intracranial pressure
  • Malignant germ cell tumor ... hydrocephalus
  • Marie-Seé Syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Marinesco-Sjogren-like syndrome (MSLS) ... cerebellar atrophy
  • May-Hegglin Anomaly ... intracranial bleeding
  • Meckel Syndrome ... hydrocephaly, cerebral hypoplasia
  • Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency ... brain damage, hepatic encephalopathy
  • Medulloblastoma ... brain swelling, brain tumor, increased intracranial pressure
  • Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts ... enlarged brain
  • Megalencephaly ... large brain
  • Megalencephaly - cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita ... large brain
  • Megalencephaly - polymicrogyria - post-axial polydactyly - hydrocephalus ... hydrocephalus
  • Melanoma - astrocytoma syndrome ... brain tumor
  • MELAS ... Stroke like episodes, brain infarcts
  • Melioidosis ... Meningitis
  • Meningioma ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Meningocele ... hydrocephalus
  • Meningococcal disease ... meningitis
  • Meningoencephalocele ... hydrocephalus
  • Meningomyelocele ... hydrocephalus
  • Mental retardation progressive spasticity, X-linked ... brain degeneration
  • Mental retardation X-linked, South African type ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Mental retardation, Buenos Aires type ... hydrocephalus
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Reish type ... brain anomalies
  • Mercury poisoning ... neuropsychiatric symptoms
  • Methylcobalamin deficiency, cbl E complementation type ... brain degeneration
  • Methylmalonic acidemia, synthesis defect of AdoCbl and MeCbl ... brain abnormalities
  • Methylmalonic aciduria - microcephaly - cataract ... brain degeneration
  • Methylmalonicaciduria with homocystinuria, cobalamin F ... brain abnormalities
  • Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type 1 ... brain abnormalities
  • Microphthalmia syndromic, type 10 ... brain atrophy
  • Microphthalmia, syndromic 7 ... hydrocephalus
  • Midline field defects ... hydrocephalus
  • Mitochondrial diseases ... stroke-like episodes
  • Mitochondrial diseases, clinically indefinite ... stroke-like episodes, brain symptoms
  • MN1 ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Mohr syndrome ... brain malformation
  • Monosomy 8q12 21 ... hydrocephaly
  • Moyamoya Disease ... stroke, recurrent transient ischemic attacks
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- severe form ... hydrocephalus
  • Muller-Barth-Menger syndrome ... cerebral malformations
  • Multiple system atrophy ... cerebellar incoordination
  • Multiple system atrophy (MSA) with orthostatic hypotension ... cerebellar incoordination
  • Myiasis ... Meningitis

    N

  • Nelson syndrome I ... neurological symptoms
  • Neonatal bacterial meningitis ... hydrocephalus
  • Nephropathic cystinosis ... hydrocephalus
  • Neuroaxonal dystrophy, infantile ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Neurocutaneous melanosis ... hydrocephalus
  • Neurocysticercosis ... swelling of the brain (hydrocephalus), hydrocephalus
  • Neurofibromatosis type 3A ... central nervous system tumors
  • Neurofibromatosis type 3B ... central nervous system tumors
  • Neurofibromatosis, type 4, of Riccardi ... central nervous system tumors
  • Neurofibromatosis-1 ... brain tumors
  • Neurosyphilis ... hydrocephalus, stroke
  • Neurosyphilis - general paresis ... damage to brain cells, stroke
  • Neurotoxicity syndromes ... brain damage
  • Niemann-Pick disease ... brain-related problems
  • Niemann-Pick disease, type A ... brain damage
  • Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 ... brain damage
  • Nipah virus encephalitis ... brain lesions
  • Nocardiosis ... brain abscess, brain abscess occurs in a third of patients
  • Nova syndrome ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Nutritional deficiency ... Neurological symptoms

    O

  • Oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation ... brain abnormalities
  • Oculodentoosseous dysplasia dominant ... neurological abnormalities
  • Oculopalatocerebral syndrome ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • OFD syndrome type 8 ... brain malformation
  • OFD syndrome type Figuera ... brain malformation
  • OFD syndrome type IX ... brain malformation
  • Oligodendroglioma ... raised intracranial pressure
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy type 3 ... cerebellar degeneration
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy, type V ... cerebellar signs, cerebellar atrophy, cerebellar degeneration
  • Ondine's curse ... brain damage
  • Opitc atrophy and cataract, autosomal dominant ... neurological symptoms
  • Opportunistic infections ... Meningitis
  • Optic atrophy and cataract, autosomal dominant ... neurological symptoms
  • Optic pathway glioma ... hydrocephalus
  • Oral facial digital syndrome ... brain malformation
  • Oral facial digital syndrome, type IV ... brain malformation, brain atrophy
  • Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency ... encephalopathy
  • Orofaciodigital syndrome Thurston type ... brain malformation
  • Oromandibular-limb hypogenesis spectrum ... brain defect
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita, microcephaly, and cataracts ... cerebellum hypoplasia, cerebellum agenesis
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 2 ... hydrocephalus
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 2A ... hydrocephalus
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type IIB ... hydrocephalus
  • Osteopetrosis lethal ... brain damage
  • Osteopetrosis, autosomal recessive 2 ... hydrocephalus

    P

  • PANDAS ... neuropsychiatric symptoms
  • Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ... encephalopathy
  • Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis ... neurological symptoms
  • Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders ... encephalomyelitis
  • Parkinson disease 9 ... brain atrophy
  • Partial agenesis of corpus callosum ... hydrocephalus
  • PEHO-like syndrome ... encephalopathy
  • Pfeiffer syndrome Type 3 ... hydrocephalus
  • Phenylketonuria ... neurological symptoms
  • Phosphoserine aminotransferase deficiency ... brain atrophy
  • Pili torti - developmental delay - neurological abnormalities ... neurological abnormalities
  • Pineal Teratoma ... hydrocephalus
  • Pinealoma ... hydrocephalus
  • Pineoblastoma, adult ... hydrocephalus
  • Pituitary tumors, adult ... neuropsychiatric symptoms
  • Pneumococcus ... Pneumococcal meningitis
  • Podder-Tolmie syndrome ... neurological symptoms
  • Polio ... meningitis
  • Porencephaly ... hydrocephalus, neurological symptoms
  • Porphyria ... neurological symptoms
  • Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis ... encephalitis, Meningitis
  • Primary angiitis of the central nervous system ... strokes, encephalopathy, transient ischemic attack
  • Progeroid syndrome, neonatal ... brain demyelination
  • Pseudo-torch syndrome ... brain abnormalities
  • Pseudoaminopterin syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Pseudophosphatasia ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, forme fruste ... brain hemorrhage
  • Pulmonary Anthrax ... meningitis
  • Pulmonary arterio-veinous aneurysm ... brain abscess
  • Pyridoxamine 5-prime-phosphate oxidase deficiency ... encephalopathy

    R

  • Radiation induced meningioma ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis ... encephalitis
  • Renal tubular transport disorders, inborn ... neurological symptoms
  • Renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia - Dandy Walker cyst ... brain cyst, hydrocephalus
  • Reye's Syndrome ... brain damage, encephalopathy, brain swelling, brain swelling
  • Rhabdoid tumor ... hydrocephalus
  • Rhodococcus equi ... brain abscess, meningitis
  • Rhombencephalosynapsis ... hydrocephalus
  • Rift Valley Fever ... encephalitis
  • Rimbaud-Passouant-Vallat syndrome ... brain swelling
  • Rocio encephalitis ... encephalitis, neurological symptoms
  • Rokitansky Van Bogaert syndrome ... hydrocephalus, neurological symptoms, cerebellum pigmented cells
  • Rolland-Desbuquois syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Rubella congenital syndrome ... meningoencephalitis

    S

  • Sabin-Feldman syndrome ... hydrocephalus, neurological symptoms
  • Saccharopinuria ... neurological abnormalities
  • Sakati syndrome ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Sarcoidosis ... brain symptoms
  • Schizencephaly ... hydrocephalus
  • Schwartz newark syndrome ... hydrocephaly
  • Schwartz, Cohen-Addad, Lambert syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • SCID ... meningitis
  • Sclerosteosis ... increased intracranial pressure
  • Sengers-Hamel-Otten syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Seow-Najjar syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Serratia ... meningitis
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency, T- B+ due to JAK3 deficiency ... meningitis
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome ... brain bleeding (intracerebral hemorrhage), brain swelling, brain bruising
  • Silverman-Handmaker syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Simian B virus infection ... brain infection, meningitis
  • Sjögren syndrome, secondary ... neurological symptoms
  • Sjögren-Larsson syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Smith disease ... meningoencephalitis
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, type 2 ... hydrocephalus
  • Sneddon Syndrome ... stroke, neurological symptoms, central nervous system lesions caused by reduced blood flow to brain
  • Somatization Disorder ... Neurological symptoms
  • Somatoform Disorders ... Neurological symptoms
  • Spastic paraplegia 30, autosomal recessive ... cerebellar signs
  • Spastic paraplegia 32, autosomal recessive ... brain atrophy
  • Spastic paraplegia 7, autosomal recessive ... brain atrophy
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia - dysmorphism ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 5 ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 2 ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 7 ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 9 ... cerebellar atrophy
  • Spirochetes disease ... neurological symptoms
  • Spondylocostal dysostosis, Dandy-Walker ... brain cyst
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome ... strokes
  • Spranger-Schinzel-Myers syndrome ... hydrocephaly
  • SSADH deficiency (succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency) ... neurological symptoms
  • St. Louis encephalitis ... encephalitis
  • Streptococcal Group B invasive disease ... meningitis
  • Stroke ... Less common stroke symptoms, Transient Ischemic Attack
  • Stuve-Wiedemann dysplasia ... neurological symptoms
  • Subdural hematoma ... raised intracranial pressure
  • Sugarman syndrome ... brain malformation
  • Syphilis ... brain tumors, stroke-like symptoms, neurologic problems, brain damage if untreated
  • Systemic candidiasis ... meningitis
  • Systemic monochloroacetate poisoning ... brain swelling

    T

  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 1 ... hydrocephalus, brain stem hypoplasia
  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2 ... hydrocephalus, brain stem hypoplasia
  • The clap ... meningitis
  • Thrombocythemia ... stroke
  • Thromboembolism ... stroke, stroke-like symptoms
  • Tibia absent - polydactyly - arachnoid cyst ... brain cyst
  • Tibial aplasia - ectrodactyly - hydrocephalus ... hydrocephaly
  • Tick-borne encephalitis ... meningoencephalitis, encephalitis, meningitis
  • TORCH Syndrome ... brain infection
  • Torulopsis ... meningitis
  • Toxoplasmosis ... encephalitis, brain symptoms
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... stroke-like symptoms
  • Transthyretin amyloidosis ... hydrocephalus, bleeding in the brain
  • Traumatic Brain Injury ... brain bleeding
  • Triploid syndrome ... hydrocephalus, brain anomalies
  • Trisomy 6 ... brain anomalies
  • Trypanosomiasis, east-African ... meningoencephalitis
  • Tsao-Ellingson syndrome ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Tuberous sclerosis, type 1 ... brain nodules
  • Turcot syndrome ... central nervous system tumors, cerebral gliomas, neurological symptoms

    U

  • Undifferentiated Somatoform disorder ... Neurological symptoms

    V

  • VACTERL association with hydrocephaly, X-linked ... Hydrocephalus
  • VACTERL hydrocephaly ... hydrocephaly
  • VACTERL with hydrocephalus, X-linked ... hydrocephaly
  • VACTERYL hydrocephaly ... Hydrocephalus
  • Van Regemorter Pierquin Vamos syndrome ... Hydrocephaly
  • Varadi Papp syndrome ... brain malformation
  • Variant CJD ... brain degeneration
  • Vascular malformations of the brain ... stroke, neurological symptoms
  • Vein of Galen aneurysm ... Hydrocephalus
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection ... cerebellar signs, stroke
  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... certain brain disorders
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome ... meningoencephalitis, neurological symptoms, increased intracranial pressure
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Disease ... cerebellum hemangiomas, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, brain angioma

    W

  • Waaler Aarskog syndrome ... hydrocephalus, Hydrocephaly
  • Waldenström Macroglobulinemia ... neurological symptoms
  • Walker-Warburg Syndrome ... hydrocephalus
  • Warfarin syndrome ... Hydrocephalus
  • Weaver Johnson syndrome ... Hydrocephaly
  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... stroke
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... brain vessel dilatation
  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... chronic meningoencephalitis
  • Westphal disease ... Cerebellar signs
  • Whelan syndrome ... brain malformation
  • Whipple's Disease ... neurological symptoms
  • Whistling face syndrome, recessive form ... brain atrophy
  • White matter hypoplasia corpus callosum agenesia mental retardation ... cerebral cortex atrophy
  • Wilson's Disease ... neurological symptoms
  • Wolfram's disease ... neurological abnormalities
  • Wyburn Mason's syndrome ... brain hemorrhage, cerebellar signs, increased intracranial pressure

    X

  • X-linked hydrocephalus spectrum ... hydrocephalus

    Z

  • Zellweger Syndrome ... brain gliosis, brain astrocytosis

    Conditions listing complications: Brain symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Brain symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency ... brain damage

    A

  • Acanthamoeba ... granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE)
  • Acute fatty liver of pregnancy ... hepatic encephalopathy
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Infant ... bleeding in the brain
  • African Sleeping sickness ... brain complications
  • Alès dysfibrinogenemia