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Trying to rule out meningitis and blame it on a reaction from cleaning my room.behind ears my muscles hurt equally on both sides neck. achy/swollen?
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Meningitis: Sounds more like you have swollen cervical lymph nodes than meningitis, which is usually accompanied by severe headache, fever, nausea or vomiting.
Answered 4/20/2014
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