News & Stories
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Stories
Michelle and Luke's story
On 5 June 2005, Michelle’s grandson Luke was just a few weeks old when he became seriously ill with symptoms of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, prompting paramedics to rush him into hospital
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Susan H-J's story
On 9 October 2019, 68-year-old Susan felt absolutely fine. One day later she was rushed into hospital after a friend raised the alarm. Susan can recall very little of the day she began her battle with meningitis
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Nikki D's story
On a Summer's morning in 2019 Nikki didn’t feel too well; she knew something was wrong
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Suman's story
In March 2018, 26-year-old Suman was suffering from a non-stop headache, from the moment he woke up until he went to sleep
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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"