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Spinal meningitis
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Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Common |
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How do you get spinal meningitis?
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How common is it to survive spinal meningitis?
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How can spinal meningitis affect older adults?
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Can spinal meningitis be spread through contact?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Is spinal meningitis common? It seems really scary.
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What are the earliest symptoms of spinal meningitis?
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What can be permanent damage caused by spinal meningitis?
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Can spinal meningitis affect your speech pattern or give you a different accent?
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Can spinal meningitis affect speech pattern or "give a person an unusual accent?"
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Is spinal meningitis fatal?
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Is spinal meningitis very contagious?
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Long term effects of spinal meningitis?
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A 27-year old asked:
Can mastoiditis lead to spinal meningitis?
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What are common symptoms of spinal meningitis, and how fast can it kill you?
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A member asked:
About spinal meningitis I am 33 years of age. I have had spinal meningitis 3 times in my life. Is that unusual to hear?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could a 16 year of get deaf from spinal meningitis?
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A 49-year old asked:
Could an abscess of the tonsills lead to spinal meningitis?
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A 43-year old asked:
I had spinal meningitis as a 2 month old baby. Would that cause residual problems now that I am 18 years?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Can spinal meningitis when i was fifteen cause hypothalamic dysfunction? Have several signs of h.D. But no trauma or guess to what could've caused it.
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A 47-year old asked:
Can the symptom "stiff neck" of spinal meningitis go away?
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Could an abscess of the tonsils lead to spinal meningitis?
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Will an abscess of the tonsils lead to spinal meningitis?
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A female asked:
I was wondering if my husband could be infertile due to be diagnosed with scoliosis and spinal meningitis?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I had spinal meningitis at 18 months, and neurological testing at age 4 only indicated adhd, can it give you a susceptibility to migraines and/or pain?
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A 34-year old asked:
How common is brain damage from spinal meningitis?
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Can spinal meningitis affect sperm count or produce infertility?
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14yr female general health good. For the past 2 days she has been complaining of back and neck pain and fever. Pain is in spine cpuld this be spinal meningitis
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A 28-year old female asked:
Can spinal meningitis at age 3 cause infertility in men? My husband has 0 sperm count. Bloodwork normal and physical exam normal.
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A female asked:
My parents told me i had spinal meningitis when i was a toddler. it was in the 1973 my blood work as an adult did not show antibodies. Misdiagnosis? d
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A 40-year old male asked:
Hubby small avm ruptured-caused diplopia. 3 neurosurgeons haven't linked infant spinal meningitis & plan radiosurgery . Should spinal tap been given?
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