Posted on 07/13/2005 7:45:31 PM PDT by Huntress
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Film star Brad Pitt was released on Wednesday from a Los Angeles hospital where he had been admitted for a flu-like illness that turned out to be viral meningitis, his spokeswoman has said. Pitt, 41, was at home on Wednesday afternoon after his discharge and was "doing well," his publicist said in a statement. The actor checked in to Cedars Sinai Medical Center on Monday night, a week after returning from a trip to East Africa. Spokeswoman Cindy Guagenti said on Tuesday that the actor was undergoing tests but was believed to be suffering from influenza. After his release, her office issued a statement saying Pitt "was diagnosed with a mild case of viral meningitis." No further information about his condition was offered. Viral meningitis is an illness that involves inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. It is generally regarded as serious but is rarely fatal in persons with normal immune systems. Pitt, who split up with his wife, actress Jennifer Aniston, earlier this year, traveled to Ethiopia last week with actress Angelina Jolie, his co-star in the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," who went there to finalize the adoption of a baby girl.
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suffers=sufferers
It is less severe, but it is no picnic. My wife spent 5 days in the hospital with it.
More joy and diversity from the Third World.
huh?
Viral meningitis usually is not life-threatening, but he will feel miserable for a while. Bacterial meningitis is a general term, and there are some bacteria which can be devastating to the neurological system as well as other parts of the body. One type that is life-threatening and/or causes loss of limbs is meningococcal, and that isn't from the meningitis; it's from the bacteria disseminating throughout the body via the blood. If you get meningococcal meningitis without it travelling to the blood, it's usually treatable.
That must be the pitts.
reason #534 why I never want to go to africa.
And he's only just scrached Angelina's infectious surface.
Too much mosquitoes...a transmitter of VM.
so maybe the mindless lefty position of banning DDT came back to bite (no pun intended) a mindless lefty?
I think I just figured out how we can get the left to support bringing back DDT to fight malaria: Transfer the entire NYT staff to africa and have them live in huts next to a swamp for an entire year. Within a week there would be daily editorials calling for mass production and application of DDT in africa.
I am glad you are OK.
Your symptoms were like my brothers. It killed him 20 years ago.
When I was trekking in Nepal about 10 years ago, 2 Brits contracted cerebral meningitis. One died, and the other made it back to Kathmandu for treatment.
A lot of Westerners get sick and/or die in these third world countries. I've known of people expiring from altitude sickness (2 while I was up in the Nepal Himalaya), rabies, one guy nearly died on me from food poisoning/dehydration in SE Asia, etc.
Get your vaccinations, go slow, and wash your hands.
Glad you recovered.
Maybe she got it from her brother.
Maybe some of the blood escaped from the blood pendant?
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