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"Encephalopathy" - simply means a type of disease affecting the brain.

One of those is "hepatic encephalopathy", which is seen is end-stage liver disease patients, and with high ammonia levels can cause confusion, obtundation, and other physical signs related to dysfunction of the brain.

There are other causes as well:

High blood pressure: hypertensive encephalopathy
Wernicke's: thiamine deficiency in alcoholism
Lyme disease can cause it
Anoxic brain injury, or lack of oxygen for an extended period of time can cause it.

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