What Is Viral Meningitis?
Article Sources
- 1. “Viral Meningitis, the Facts.” Meningitis Now, July 2020, Viral_meningitis_fact_sheet_july 2020.pdf, meningitisnow.org
- 2. “Viral Meningitis.” Logan, S. A., & MacMahon, E. (2008). BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 336(7634), 36–40. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39409.673657.AE
- 3. “Viral Meningitis.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/meningitis/viral.html
6. How Long Does Viral Meningitis Last?
Although symptoms of chronic meningitis can last for years, people who respond to viral meningitis with normal immune systems usually get better on their own within seven to ten days.3“Viral Meningitis.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/meningitis/viral.html Infants and people with weakened immune systems may recover more slowly.
Although it is rare for anyone to have viral meningitis more than once, it could happen. Most people develop some immunity to the virus that initially caused the meningitis, but because many different kinds of viruses can initiate the inflammation, it is possible to develop this type of meningitis a second time.
Advertisement
