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Could i have bacterial meningitis without extreme headache? just mild headache and light sensitive

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Bacterial meningitis: usually makes people very sick. A mild headache and light sensitivity is not suggestive of bacterial meningitis.

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Answered 5/19/2018

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