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Can the symptom "stiff neck" of spinal meningitis go away?
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Spinal meningitis: Usually once the infection clears the symptoms of a stiff neck resolve but it can take some time as the infection irritates the membrane that goes around the spinal cord.
Answered 1/30/2014
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