How long is viral meningitis?

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Viral meningoencephalitis refers to acute allergic encephalitis caused by viral infection or vaccination, which may involve meninges or / and brain tissues. The incidence rate is about 1/10 million. The etiology diagnosis is difficult and the health hazard to patients is serious. Today, let me learn about viral meningitis with you?.

How long is viral meningitis?

First: etiological treatment: antiviral treatment. Antiviral drugs include the following categories: (1) nucleoside analogues: cytarabine (which has better effect on herpes, hepatitis B and other DNA viruses); Acyclovir (herpesvirus); Valaciclovir (cytomegalovirus); Ribavirin (RNA virus)（ 2) Non nucleoside analogues: foscarnet sodium is effective on cytomegalovirus and human herpesvirus 6（ 3) Protease inhibitor: it has been used abroad, but it has not been used in China.

Second: symptomatic support treatment: including the control of body temperature, intracranial pressure, pain, control of convulsions, water, correction of electrolyte disorders and other treatment. In addition, it is very important to support the respiratory and circulatory treatment of patients with brainstem encephalitis.

Third: prevention and treatment of complications: for coma patients, we need to pay attention to the prevention of pneumonia, urinary tract infection, Achilles tendon contracture, muscle atrophy, lower extremity venous thrombosis and other complications.

matters needing attention

The characteristics of patients should be fully considered in the identification, combined with the results of auxiliary examination. For example, young infants are prone to purulent meningitis caused by bacterial infection; Patients with contact history of poultry and pigeons should be alert to fungal infection.