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Irritability and fussiness are symptoms of meningitis in infants with raised fontanelles. how is irritability defined as it can be subjective?
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Irritability: Irritability takes in a variety of symptoms, such as excessive crying, poor food intake, crankiness, pulling up legs, etc.
Answered 4/25/2014
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