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If someone has bacterial meningitis they'll be really sick right? like, there's no way they'll not know they have an illness?
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Correct: People with bacterial meningitis are very sick. Severe headache, fever, neck stiffness and severe sensitivity to normal levels of light are common findings.
Answered 8/15/2016
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