What is the difference between meningitis and encephalitis?

Meningitis and encephalitis difference: First, the main manifestation of inflammation infection location is different. Meningitis inflammation mainly occurs in the pia, dura, arachnoid and other meninges, and encephalitis can occur meninges, can also occur in the brain parenchyma. Moreover, the clinical symptoms of the two are not the same. Meningitis is mainly manifested as severe headache, nausea, vomiting symptoms, and encephalitis in addition to headache, nausea, vomiting symptoms, but also show speech ambiguity, aphasia, unstable walking or sudden fall, hand holding chopsticks, facial paralysis, hemiplegia, love sleep, coma and other manifestations.