children s health issues
Viral Central Nervous System Infections in Children
Treatment of Viral CNS Infections in Children
Keeping the infant comfortable Medications for fever or seizures For postinfectious encephalomyelitis, corticosteroids or other treatments Most children require only supportive care. That is, they need to be kept warm and given plenty of fluids and medications to treat any fever or seizures. Antiviral drugs are not effective for most central nervous system infections. However, infections caused by herpes simplex virus can be treated with Postinfectious encephalomyelitis may be treated with corticosteroids given by vein and Plasma exchange or immune globulin. Immune globulin is given by vein and consists of antibodies obtained from the blood of people with a normal immune system. 