The new Secretary of State for Trade and Crafts had been hospitalized a week ago for meningeal syndrome, not to be confused with meningitis.
A week after being admitted there, Valérie Fourneyron was released from the hospital on Friday. According to Bercy, the doctors of the new Secretary of State in charge of Trade, Crafts, Consumption and Social and Solidarity Economy “have prescribed a period of convalescence of three weeks that she will perform in her family home. “. She had been hospitalized since April 11 due to meningeal syndrome, not to be confused with meningitis.
What are the symptoms of this syndrome?
The meningeal syndrome suffered by Valérie Fourneyron presents the same signs as meningitis. These are vomiting, fever, headache. Patients regularly suffer from intolerance to light and sound and are irritable. One of the characteristic signs of these two afflictions is a stiff neck. It is recognizable by the posture adopted by the patients, lying down like a gun dog.
What are the differences between meningitis and meningeal syndrome?
In the case of meningitis, it is an infection of the meninges, whether due to a virus or a bacterium, while for the meningeal syndrome, there is no infection: it can be caused by a big migraine that reaches the meninges. An infection in the nose or ears, as well as a crisis of cranial hypertension, can also be at the origin of such syndrome.
To determine what disorder it is, a lumbar puncture is necessary.
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