Prevention of Viral meningitis

Prevention of Viral meningitis:

Methods of prevention of Viral meningitis mentioned in various sources includes those listed below. This prevention information is gathered from various sources, and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Viral meningitis.

• Vaccinations - though unfortunately there are no vaccines against enteroviruses or arboviruses.
  • MMR vaccine - avoids rare viral meningitis from measles or mumps.
  • Varicella vaccine - avoids rare viral meningitis from chickenpox

Treatments for Viral meningitis

Treatments to consider for Viral meningitis may include:

• Watchful waiting
• Symptomatic and supportive treatment
• HSV, varicella and CMV have a specific antiviral therapy; most other viruses do not. For HSV the treatment of choice is acyclovir
• Treatment is needed for fungal or mycobacterial causes of aseptic meningitis. Herpesvirus/varicella (chicken pox) virus can be treated with anti-viral medicines. Supportive treatment for non-infectious causes consists of pain medications and management of complications, if they occur
• No specific treatment is available for enteroviral aseptic meningitis
• more treatments...»

Prevention Claims: Viral meningitis

Information on prevention of Viral meningitis comes from many sources. There are some sources that claim preventive benefits for many different diseases for various products. We may present such information in the hope that it may be useful, however, in some cases claims of Viral meningitis prevention may be dubious, invalid, or not recognized in mainstream medicine. Please discuss any treatment, discontinuation of treatment, or change of treatment plans with your doctor or professional medical specialist.

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