Meningitis means swelling of the meninges. The meninges cover the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms can be hard to recognize as being caused by cryptococcal infection. Watch for fever, vomiting, headache, nausea, fatigue, loss of appetite, and a general feeling of not being well. Other symptoms are a stiff neck and, infrequently, seizures.
Pneumonia can be an early sign of infection.
Tell your doctor about symptoms right away. A common treatment for this condition is amphotericin B, which must be given by intravenous injection. A new treatment that can be given by pill, in some cases, or by intravenous injection is Flucanozole, or Diflucan. Most people prefer this treatment because it causes few side effects. In the past, histoplasmosis was treatable only with intravenous amphotericin.