Wellness

[jubilant]

@goldensrbest  I said a prayer for your friend.  

[Kachina624]

@goldensrbest.  Do you have cases of West Nile Virus in Maine?  I couldn't find any specific data.  Encephalitis is one of the forms it can take in elderly people.   My mother died of it in 2003.   Her test results were processed in a couple of days by the state health department.

[skatting44]

@goldensrbest 

My experience

preliminary bacterial cultures should be back very quickly and  all  final bacterial results back within 48hrs .  the other tests for viral studies are the ones that take longer as they are send outs to other labatories

[LTT1]

@goldensrbest 

Sorry, don't know why I got the two confused. But it seems to me the same causative agents are for both?

[LTT1]

@goldensrbest 

I will be praying for your friend🙏🏻

[gidgetgh]

My results for meningitis and encephalitis came back very quickly. They did blood work and a spinal tap in the ER and then admitted me.  Next morning when I woke up (I'd been unconscious the day before) they told me what I had. And then they did an MRI of my brain.  

[chrystaltree]

Sounds like they are sending the lab out to a specialized labs.  That often takes weeks to get the results back.  There are cutting edge, specialized labs that local hospitals aren't equipped to do.  

[goldensrbest]

They have been accepted to mass,general.

[bikerbabe]

Sometimes it’s difficult to figure out the specific viral agent that caused the encephalitis. The preliminary screens can be done in-house and come back pretty quickly, but some of the more specialized tests can take several weeks and are sent to an outside lab.

Glad to hear they are going to Mass General.

[EarthAngelInTraining]

@jubilant Still sending prayers up for you. I'm thankful to see a posting from you. Take care of you.  🙏🏻