Can Herpes Simplex Virus eat holes in your brain?

Can Herpes Simplex Virus eat holes in your brain?I never thought such a thing was possible, however, in the most recent National Geographic there is an article about memory where the subject had holes eaten through his brain from the virus. Umm, how do you know if you have herpes in your brain?

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Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is a very serious disease in which the herpes simplex virus attacks the brain. It is not common in healthy immunocompetent persons.

If you were to contract HSE, you would become very ill, to the point of needing to be hospitalized. A physician would hopefully recognize the symptoms of an encephalitis and preform a lumbar puncture (spinal tap.) Upon seeing clear cerebral spinal fluid, lab tests would hopefully be run and the prescence of herpes simplex virus in the CSF would be found. you would then recieve IV antivirals (acyclovir or one of it's derivatives) to help control the infection.

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