How long is purulent encephalitis treated?

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Generally, the diagnosis of purulent meningitis is mainly based on the examination and test of cerebrospinal fluid of patients. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, patients with this disease should be treated in time. Many people are not cured for a long time, not because they can't be cured, but because they don't understand. How long is the treatment of suppurative encephalitis?.

How long is purulent encephalitis treated?

First: purulent meningitis treatment cycle generally at least one and a half years of treatment, this type is more common in children, the condition is fierce, if not timely rescue can be within 24 hours of death. Often high fever, headache, vomiting, severe mental depression, disturbance of consciousness, convulsion, oliguria or anuria, brain parenchymal damage, patients quickly into coma, frequent convulsions, hemiplegia, high blood pressure, one side pupil dilation, disappearance of light reflex, eyeball fixation, soon respiratory failure and death.

Second: the treatment of purulent meningitis is generally based on bactericidal drugs, and according to the different clinical symptoms and the severity of the disease, the treatment course should be given according to the situation. If purulent meningitis is initially diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid examination, appropriate and sufficient antibiotics should be given intravenously as soon as possible, and the whole course of treatment should be completed according to the patient's condition. It is not necessary to reduce the drug dose and change the administration method. If the pathogenic bacteria can not be identified all the time, it may also be due to a history of inappropriate use of antibiotics when the diagnosis is not clear.

Third: since purulent meningitis is a serious infection of the central nervous system, its therapeutic effect is closely related to its prognosis. Therefore, the treatment plan and course of treatment of purulent meningitis should strictly grasp the indications of medication and withdrawal. Generally, symptoms disappear and fever subsides for more than one week after the course of treatment, and the number of cerebrospinal fluid cells is less than 20 × It takes 8-10 days to reach these standards, or more than 1 month, with an average of 2-3 weeks. This needs to be determined by individual differences.

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Finally, I would like to remind patients that we should pay more attention to work and rest, diet and other aspects of the problem, try to prevent from the disease, maintain a healthy body is very important.