What causes viral spinal meningitis?
Patient: my son age 47 has been diagnosed with viral spinal meningitis what can you tell me about this disease and its prognosis my email address is YYYY@YYYY please I am handicapped and living on a very low income. Im 1200 miles away from my son and now I dont know if i ll ever see him again please help me. Doctor: Dear sir,I understand your concern about your son's health.Spinal meningitis , when caused by a viral infection can have  variable prognosis depending on the time how early treatment is started.If diagnosed early , and antivirals like acyclovir given early in the course of the disease, patient may recover upto a larger extent, however delay in treatment may leave fixed residual deficits.My advice is to immediately take him to a neurologist.