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.
The ability of HSV-1 to induce apoptosis (programmed cell death, or âcellular suicideâ) in neuronal cells, a property not shared by HSV-2, might explain why the former causes virtually all cases of herpes simplex encephalitis in immunocompetent older children and adults.
Cause of Encephalitis. In the United States, encephalitis causes can include enteroviruses, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, and arboviruses. Lyme disease can also be a cause of the disease. In the case of primary encephalitis, it is a direct viral infection of the spinal cord and brain.