Give 1mg of Benadryl per pound such that if your dog weighs 30 pounds, you should give it 30 mg of Benadryl. Administer the medicine three times in a day.
1 VEE infection in humans is much less severe than that of WEE and EEE. 2  While adults tend to develop a flu-like illness, children tend to develop overt encephalitis. 3  Deaths are rare in humans but are common in horses. 4  There is an effective vaccine for horses but none for humans.
âThe disease can lead to encephalitis and meningitis, and give you permanent neurological issues afterward. And it can act much more quickly than Lyme disease, giving you symptoms within hours of being bitten by a tick, according to Fox News. About 10% of cases that lead to encephalitis are fatal.â. Just like Lyme disease, Powassan virus is emerging in the same geographic areas throughout the Northeast and Midwest.