News & Stories
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Stories
Kristof's story
When Kristof suddenly started experiencing the worst headache of his life back in June this year, he initially put it down to stress
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Aaron C's story
What Aaron thought was a bout of bad flu turned out to be a case of viral meningitis, which has left him with a number of post-viral after-effects
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Leon's story
5-year-old Leon didn’t feel well when he went to school one morning in November 2018, and it wasn’t long before mum Arlene was asked to collect him as he had been sick
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Piper T's story
Meningitis can strike very quickly and without warning, something mum Ellé discovered in February this year. She tells the story
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Ben S's meningitis story
In autumn 2019, Ben set off for the University of Portsmouth to follow his dream of joining the Navy, however during the first term he was struck down with meningococcal septicaemia. Mum, Arlene, tells his story
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Laura C's story
A period of unexplained deafness in one ear led to Laura being hospitalised for two weeks with viral meningitis
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Lel's story
In a time where coronavirus dominates the media, the threat of other serious diseases hasn’t gone away. Lel’s recent experience of Neisseria meningococcal meningitis is a timely reminder to keep meningitis in mind, as she recovers from the disease
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Ayesha's story
"It all happened in January 2014 when I was 17 years old. I don’t recall anything that happened in the first two weeks of this month including visiting the GPs, paramedics coming to my home, hospital visits, or even my behaviour"
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Daniel D's story
Mum Jacqui just knew something was wrong with her 7 week son Daniel. He was unsettled, grunting and disliked contact – things clearly weren’t right!
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Logan S's story
Mum Niamh, from Hertfordshire, was rightly overjoyed by the birth of her perfect son Logan. However, 7 short days later this beautiful baby boy was fighting for his life
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Tammy S’s story
Tammy, from Brightlingsea in Essex, had been burning the candle at both ends in the busy pre-Christmas period and wasn’t surprised to be feeling under the weather when she first became ill in 2013
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Hunter's story
Sofia’s baby son Hunter was born by emergency C-section after his heart rate dropped during birth. She woke up to find she had a beautiful baby but just a few hours later, doctors told her something was wrong