News & Stories
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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
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Lynne M's story
Lynne from Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland started getting headaches when she was taking part in a fundraising effort for her sister-in-law’s cancer treatment. After a terrible night of shaking and sweating, she decided to seek medical help and went on to be diagnosed with meningitis
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Mia C's story
Kirsty’s great niece Mia had a difficult start in life when, shortly after birth, she was diagnosed with meningitis
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Imogen's story
Twenty-six-year-old Imogen had a severe headache and was slurring her speech. She rang her mum, who insisted she phone 111 before rushing round to take her to A&E, where meningitis was diagnosed
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Rebecca R's story
Twenty-seven-year-old Rebecca, from Dereham in Norfolk, was at work last September when she thought she was getting a migraine. However this failed to respond to her usual medication and by the following day was worse than ever