Q - How are meningitis and brain damage related?

A - Meningitis and brain damage are closely related. Meningitis causes causes brain damage and this damage can range from damage to a few brain cells to wide spread damage of the brain.

The effects of the resulting brain damage vary depending on the extent of damage involved. These effects include seizures, blindness, deafness, loss of consciousness and even brain abscess.

Answered - March, 2007

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