Therapeutic target
Relief of symptoms
Therapy recommendations
- Symptomatic therapy (analgesics (painkillers)/antipyretics (drugs that reduce fever).
- For more severe symptoms: local (“local”) therapy with lidocaine hydrochloride solution 1% with dexpanthenol.
- In severe disease, gamma globulin preparations can be used – preferably from convalescent serum (blood serum obtained from persons who have survived the infectious disease); post-exposure prophylaxis is possible within 72 hours if the risk is high
- Antibiotics are used in cases of bacterial superinfection (secondary infection).
- If applicable, interferon therapy brings benefits in cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease).
- See also under “Further therapy”.
