7. What is meningitis?

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Meningitis is the generic given to
inflammation of meninges,
membranes that cover central
nervous system. Meningitis have
several causes (infectious, ,
traumatic, neoplastic infestation,
autoimmune). infections
caused by meningococcus, ,
pneumococcus or by tuberculosis
are severe and contagious.
main symptoms of bacterial
are high fever, nuchal
, intense headache, vomiting and
convulsions. The disease
should treated with antibiotics.