Meningitis
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Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges, a membrane covering the brain and spinal cord, typically due to bacterial or viral infection.
Symptoms[edit | edit source]
Sudden high fever, severe headache, and neck stiffness are the hallmark symptoms of meningitis. Others symptoms include:
- Nausea and vomiting
- Confusion and disorientation
- Seizures
- Drowsiness or sluggishness
- Sensitivity to light
- Poor appetite
- More severe symptoms include seizure and coma.
Chronic meningitis[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Meningitis[1] Video short
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Meningitis". blausen.com. November 19, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
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