Symptoms and Signs of Chronic Meningitis
Symptom | Sign |
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Chronic headache | ±Papilledema |
Neck or back pain/stiffness | Brudzinski's or Kernig's sign of meningeal irritation |
Change in personality | Altered mental statusdrowsiness, inattention, disorientation, memory loss, frontal release signs (grasp, suck, snout), perseveration |
Facial weakness | Peripheral seventh CN paresis |
Double vision | Paresis of CNs III, IV, VI |
Diminished vision | Papilledema, optic atrophy |
Hearing loss | Eighth CN paresis |
Arm or leg weakness | Myelopathy or radiculopathy |
Numbness in arms or legs | Myelopathy or radiculopathy |
Urinary retention/incontinence | Myelopathy or radiculopathy Frontal lobe dysfunction (hydrocephalus) |
Clumsiness | Ataxia |
Abbreviation: CN, cranial nerve.