Symptoms and treatment of viral meningitis

Viral meningitis is an acute meningeal inflammatory disease caused by various viral infections. Clinically, fever, headache and meningeal irritation are the main manifestations. Most of this disease is benign and belongs to self-limiting diseases. about 85%-95% of viral meningitis is caused by enterovirus infection. The fecal-oral route is the main route of transmission. A few patients can also be transmitted by respiratory secretions. The clinical manifestations of this disease can also be different because of the patient's age, immune status and virus type. Most patients will show fever, vomiting symptoms, and some patients can also show rashes. In treatment, symptomatic treatment is mainly used. Patients with seizures can be added with anti-epileptic drugs; patients with cerebral edema can be added with some dehydration and intracranial pressure lowering drugs; If antiviral drugs are added, the course of treatment can be significantly shortened and clinical symptoms can be relieved.