Meningitis

Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, headache, and neck... Wikipedia

• Specialty:  Infectious disease, neurology
• Symptoms:  Fever, headache, neck stiffness
• Causes:  Viral, bacterial, other
• Diagnostic method:  Lumbar puncture
• Differential diagnosis:  Encephalitis, brain tumor, lupus, Lyme disease, seizures, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, naegleriasis
• Prevention:  Vaccination
• Medication:  Antibiotics, antivirals, steroids
• Frequency:  7.7 million (2019)
• Deaths:  236,000 (2019)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo