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What Are The Symptoms Of Viral Meningitis?

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Posted on Mon, 23 Jan 2017
Question: What are the symptoms of viral meningitis and the causes?
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (11 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Fever,headache,neck stiffness,altered sensorium

Detailed Answer:
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Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

The symptoms of viral meningitis usually are fever,headache,neck stiffness,vomiting and photophopia.Patient may also have altered senses and seizures.
As the name suggests,the causes are viral infections like Herpes virus, Enterovirus,Flavivirus.A cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) analysis for viral studies,often reveals the culprit virus.

Hope that helps.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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What Are The Symptoms Of Viral Meningitis?

Brief Answer: Fever,headache,neck stiffness,altered sensorium Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. The symptoms of viral meningitis usually are fever,headache,neck stiffness,vomiting and photophopia.Patient may also have altered senses and seizures. As the name suggests,the causes are viral infections like Herpes virus, Enterovirus,Flavivirus.A cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) analysis for viral studies,often reveals the culprit virus. Hope that helps.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)