News & Stories
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Bea's story
Louisa’s young daughter Bea had a high temperature, sickness, a painful neck and was lethargic. Doctors initially thought she had a viral infection but it was something more serious – pneumococcal meningitis
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Leo G's story
Georgia’s little son Leo went from being a normal, giggly baby to a very sick little boy – all within the space of an hour
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Holly J's story
Holly, from Cambridgeshire, was on her way to Norway on a work trip when she started to feel ill. She managed to get to the airport and through security but collapsed before making it on to the plane
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Michael B's story
It was thanks to his persistence that Michael was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with meningitis after he fell ill in 2015
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Katy D's story
Thirty-six-year-old Katy, from Immingham in Lincolnshire, was suffering from severe headaches, but when she found herself unable to speak and with a loss of feeling in her arm her mother took her straight to A and E
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Sarah H's meningitis story
From watching fireworks with what she thought was just a bad cold, to a cardiac arrest, induced coma and failing organs all within a short period of time – Sarah, from Gillingham in Kent, was eventually diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
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Nadia G's story
At just 19-years-old, Nadia G from Oldham in Lancashire came down with flu-like symptoms including hallucinations, fever and vomiting, which she later learned were the first signs of meningitis. Nadia, now in her early forties, is still living with the after-effects of the disease – including the constant worry that her children have caught meningitis every time they fall ill. Nadia told us her story
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Paul H's story
Paul Hodgson from Darlington in County Durham contracted meningitis as a baby, more than fifty years ago. The disease affected his brain and spinal cord leaving him with cerebral palsy-like symptoms
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Claire and Gwen's story
Claire Hardcastle had no idea adults could get meningitis. Then in January 2018 her 62-year-old mother Gwen fell ill
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Danielle D's story
Danielle thought she had contracted flu but in fact the new mum, from Lurgan in County Armagh, had something even worse – pneumococcal meningitis. Despite being rushed to hospital she was unable to beat the infection and died soon after. Heartbroken husband James tells their sad story here
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Paul W's story
Forty-nine-year-old Paul, from Loughton in Essex, fell ill with flu-like symptoms in 2010. He has little memory of the days leading up to being admitted to hospital, where he was put on end-of-life care and treatment stopped
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Craig G's story
Vicky, from Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire, lost her 8-week-old son Craig to meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia 30 years ago