Meningitis?!
Question:
Meningitis?
I think I have meningitis, and I'm planning on going to the doctor ASAP, but I was just wondering...
If I had bacterial meningitis, would I know within 3 days? From what I've heard, most people with bacterial meningitis and lying in bed sick as can be within 1 or 2 days of the symptoms first appearing.
I don't feel so hot, but I'm still out and about doing my daily routine.
I know viral meningitis normally clears up on its own and isn't very serious, so if I were to have meningitis, I would probably have that, correct?
I just don't want to waste hundreds of dollars on a doctor appointment if I can pretty much guarantee I don't have a life threatening disease.
Answers:
Presence and duration of a High fever (Over 103), Head ache, Stiff neck when looking up and down, Upper respiratory symptoms, such as runny nose, cough or other cold symptoms, Lethargy. All symptoms of Meningitis.
If you really had it you wouldn't be going about your daily routine you wouldn't want to move anywhere.