Equine Encephalitis
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Equine Encephalitis Home Care
Home care
for equine
encephalitis
includes:
Rest
Drink plenty of liquids
Take prescribed medications as directed
Acetaminophen
for pain
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications
for pain
Ibuprofen
(
Motrin
,
Advil
)
Naproxen
(
Anaprox
,
Naprosyn
,
Aleve
)
Ketoprofen
(
Orudis
)
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Equine Encephalitis Home Care: Pain And Fever Adults
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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2009
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Equine Encephalitis References:
Aguilar PV, Greene IP, Coffey LL, et al. Endemic Venezuelan equine encephalitis in northern Peru. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):880-8.
Deresiewicz RL, Thaler SJ, Hsu L, Zamani AA. Clinical and neuroradiographic manifestations of eastern equine encephalitis. N Engl J Med. 1997 Jun 26;336(26):1867-74.
Estrada-Franco JG, Navarro-Lopez R, Freier JE, et al. Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, southern Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Dec;10(12):2113-21.
