Herpes meningitis is inflammation of the meninges, the protective tissues surrounding the spinal cord and brain,[1] due to infection from viruses of the Herpesviridae family[2] - the most common amongst adults is HSV-2.[3] Symptoms are self-limiting over 2 weeks[4] with severe headache, nausea, vomiting, neck-stiffness, and photophobia.[5] Herpes meningitis can cause Mollaret's meningitis, a form of recurrent meningitis.[6] Lumbar puncture with cerebrospinal fluid results demonstrating aseptic meningitis pattern is necessary for diagnosis and polymerase chain reaction is used to detect viral presence.[4] Although symptoms are self-limiting, treatment with antiviral medication may be recommended to prevent progression to Herpes Meningoencephalitis.[7]
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However, other viruses can also cause viral meningitis, such as West Nile virus, mumps, measles, herpes simplex types I and II, varicella and lymphocytic...
bacteria. Other clues on the cause of meningitis may be the skin signs of hand, foot and mouth disease and genital herpes, both of which are associated with...
probability of developing aseptic meningitis increases when patients have a case of mumps or herpes. Symptoms of meningitis caused by an acute viral infection...
most common cause of Mollaret's meningitis. HSV-1 can lead to potentially fatal cases of herpes simplex encephalitis. Herpes simplex viruses have also been...
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Kazuyama Y (15 September 2008). "Recurrent Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Meningitis: A Case Report of Mollaret's Meningitis" (PDF). Japanese Journal of Infectious...
infection include Mollaret's meningitis, zoster multiplex, and inflammation of arteries in the brain leading to stroke, myelitis, herpes ophthalmicus, or zoster...
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lesions, usually involving blisters, seen in flares of herpes simplex 1, herpes simplex 2 and herpes zoster (shingles). In 1971, the International Committee...
commonly referred to simply as Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) and also known as herpes zoster oticus, is inflammation of the geniculate ganglion of the facial...
deaths worldwide. Herpes simplex encephalitis has an incidence of 2–4 per million of the population per year. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis...
phase of HIV infection. Herpes simplex virus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus are other viruses that may cause chronic meningitis. Non-infectious causes...
regions, nonimmune adults are also affected. Meningitis is a very common in children. Newborns can develop herpes virus infections through contact with infected...
and is used in older adults to reduce the risk of shingles (also called herpes zoster) and postherpetic neuralgia, which are caused by the same virus....
fungal infections, prion diseases and protozoan infections. Neonatal meningitis is a particular classification by age. Brain abscess, Epidural abscess...
used. Important exceptions to using corticosteroids include Cryptococcal meningitis and Kaposi’s sarcoma, as they have been associated with poorer outcomes...
is also effective in systemic or traumatic herpes infections, eczema herpeticum and herpesviral meningitis. Reviews of research dating from the 1980s...
and 100% effective for at least two years. They result in a decrease in meningitis and sepsis among populations where they are widely used. They are given...
rise in CSF lymphocyte concentration.[citation needed] For patients with Herpes simplex virus, more than 90% are found to have lymphocytic pleocytosis of...
including the brain and spine. Examples of these conditions include meningitis and subarachnoid hemorrhage. It may also be used therapeutically in some...
diseases. Viral infections known to be associated with TM include HIV, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr. Flavivirus infections...
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