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Can someone have bacterial meningitis without debilitating synptoms? and not know it, or do u always know u have it because of terrible synptoms?

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Dr. Harry Myers answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Bacterial Meningitis: Hi, untreated, undiagnosed bacterial meningitis is generally fatal.The symptoms could be vague in the earliest setting, however the patient becomes rapidly ill and symptomatic. Viral meningitis can also be severe both in symptoms and outcome, yet is much less likely to be fatal, most patients will recover. Anybody with high fever, head and/or neck pains , and any neurological symptoms > er asap.

Answered 11/30/2014

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Tuberculosis: Tubercular meningitis, even though bacterial, does not have the same severe symptoms, at least at the outset, as other bacterial infection, such as Meningococcal infection do.

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