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What Causes Viral Spinal Meningitis?
my son age 47 has been diagnosed with viral spinal meningitis what can you tell me about this disease and its prognosis my email address is YYYY@YYYY please I am handicapped and living on a very low income. Im 1200 miles away from my son and now I dont know if i ll ever see him again please help me.
Mon, 1 Dec 2014
Dear sir,
I understand your concern about your son's health.Spinal meningitis , when caused by a viral infection can have variable prognosis depending on the time how early treatment is started.If diagnosed early , and antivirals like acyclovir given early in the course of the disease, patient may recover upto a larger extent, however delay in treatment may leave fixed residual deficits.My advice is to immediately take him to a neurologist.
I understand your concern about your son's health.Spinal meningitis , when caused by a viral infection can have variable prognosis depending on the time how early treatment is started.If diagnosed early , and antivirals like acyclovir given early in the course of the disease, patient may recover upto a larger extent, however delay in treatment may leave fixed residual deficits.My advice is to immediately take him to a neurologist.
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