Meningitis stories
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Tilly B’s Story
Having been told she had heatstroke, Tilly was eventually diagnosed with viral meningitis. She tells us what happened next -
Amanda D's story
Amanda contracted viral meningitis and ended up spending Christmas day just gone in hospital, she tells her own story -
Ava's C's story
When Nicole’s young daughter Ava's temperature soured to over 39 degress, she knew that something was wrong, so she took immediate action -
Helen M’s story
Helen had viral meningitis and was in hospital for two weeks, it has left her to this day with after-effects -
Holly W’s story
Holly from Weston super Mare in Somerset, went to hospital, where she spent a month while doctors investigated her meningitis -
Charlie N’s story
Baby Charlie was irritable, unsettled and screaming when he was picked up. A series of tests later it was confirmed that Charlie had contracted viral meningitis -
Daniel D's story
Daniel was in hospital for 6 days, isolated in a room until the type of meningitis - viral - was confirmed. -
Kirsten A's story
What started for Kirsten with a severe headache and vomiting was viral meningitis, as confirmed by a lumber puncture. -
Mia H's story
Mia contracted viral meningitis at age 17. After several days of extreme aches her mother took her to hospital where she was seen immediately. -
Jenny P's story
Jenny contracted viral meningitis at age 26. Jenny had a very traumatic time undergoing nine lumber punctures in an attempt to find out whether she was suffering from bacterial or viral meningitis. -
Michael T's story
Michael contracted viral meningitis at just four-days-old. -
Jacob Y’s story
Jacob had the misfortune to be diagnosed with meningitis three times in his short life, both bacterial and viral meningitis, which he contracted twice -
Stephen McK’s story
Stephen's meningitis story began when a severe headache, lethargy, aching muscles and sensitivity to light struck in April and he knew something serious was wrong. -
Connor's story
Charlene's son Connor was showing classic signs of meningitis when doctors sent him immediately to hospital. -
Molly O’s story
Twenty-two-year-old Molly, from Bristol, thought she’d come down with a bad case of flu. -
Arlene B’s story
Arlene was pregnant when she was struck down with a severe headache, after investigation viral meningitis was confirmed. -
Chloe O’s story
Chloe, from Birmingham, is still struggling with the after-effects of viral meningitis two years after she first became ill. -
Ethan's story
Ethan had viral meningitis that had attacked his heart muscle, therefore his heart was unable to work properly. -
Lenny R’s story
It was confirmed Lenny had a strain of viral meningitis -
Jackson T's story
Jackson was found to have contracted viral meningitis. Fortunately he’s made a good recovery, as Laura recounts here