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Meningitis in Infants and Children


Symptoms & Signs

What are the signs and symptoms of the infection?

Meningitis may cause the following symptoms in infants and children:

  • bulging of the soft spot on top of a child's head in children younger than 2 years old
  • decreased alertness or level of consciousness
  • fever
  • headache
  • irritability
  • loss of appetite
  • nausea and vomiting
  • neck stiffness
  • seizures
  • sensitivity to light
  • sometimes in infants, a temperature that is lower than normal

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