Nuchal rigidity, headache, and photopia are symptomatic of
A) trigeminal neuralgia.
B) hydrocephalus.
C) postpolio syndrome.
D) meningeal irritation or meningitis.

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Early symptoms of meningitis include vomiting and a headache that increases in intensity with movement or shaking of the head. Attempts of the examiner to move the head reveal nuchal rigidity, a stiffness of the neck that resists any sideways or flexion-extension movements of the head; this is a classic sign. Positive Kernig's sign (resistance to leg extension after flexing the thigh on the body) and Brudzinski's sign (neck flexion causes flexion of the hips from a supine position) indicate meningeal irritation. Deep tendon reflexes increase, and the patient exhibits irritability, photophobia, and a hypersensitivity of the skin. Seizures caused by cortical irritation can be late manifestations of the process. Drowsiness may progress to stupor and coma.

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