News & Stories
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Stories
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
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Zachary's story
Rachael thought a very small mark in the centre of her son Zachary’s head was a birthmark, but when the two-month-old stopped feeding well and developed a temperature just after Christmas she called 111