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Email. Print. Spinal meningitis is an infection of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord. Once infection starts, it can spread rapidly through the body. Without treatment it can cause brain damage in a matter of hours and can be fatal within 24 hours.pinal meningitis is an infection of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord.
Meningitis is a term used to describe inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. Usually, the inflammation is caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Meningitis can be very serious, even life threatening, but it can also sometimes resolve on its own after a few weeks. History of Meningitis.The origins of what we now know as meningitis is not known.It seems Hippocrates was aware of the existence of swelling of the membranes around the spinal cord and brain.eningitis can be very serious, even life threatening, but it can also sometimes resolve on its own after a few weeks. History of Meningitis. The origins of what we now know as meningitis is not known. It seems Hippocrates was aware of the existence of swelling of the membranes around the spinal cord and brain.