Medical assistants can earn anywhere between $20k and $36k, depending on their experience level, industry, and region of employment. Government-employed medical assistants ear â¦ n the most ($36,430/year average), and those employed by insurance agencies ($35,470).
Infections are a cause of encephalopathy. Many types of bacteria, viruses, and fungi can cause encephalitis by infection and inflammation of the brain tissue or of the meninges (meningitis) that line the brain and spinal cord.
1 A very severe stroke can cause brain death.  Heart attack or cardiac arrest: when blood supply to the heart is blocked (heart attack), or when the heart stops beating altogether (cardiac arrest), there is no longer adequate blood and oxygen supply to the brain, causing damage to the tissues of the brain.