Encephalitis

I had encephalitis In November of 1999 and I was just recently released from the hospital again for the same thing.  I am an American living in Germany and just wanted some input from an American doctor.

Both times I had a fever that would not go away after taking tylenol or ibuprofin for five days.  Because I was having problems with my motor skills, speach and the EEG was not normal the conclusion was encephalitis.  The spinal fluid showed no abnormalitis.  

I was given 100ml antibiotics and 500ml aciclovir three times a day and 500ml B12 once a day.  After eleven days of this I was feeling much better.

The chances of having encephalitis twice in ten years is probably one in a million or more.  I find it hard to believe with the technology today that no one can tell me how this could happen or what I can do to prevent it from happening again.  I eat healthy and drink plenty of water and I do not this to happen again in ten years.