Meningitis stories

An ambulance was called and hospital doctors swiftly diagnosed Nicola with viral meningitis. The 33-year-old mum tells her story here

Aria was just 6 weeks old when she became unwell with a high temperature and lack of appetite. Here, her mum Cara tells us their story

Like many people who survive both the viral and bacterial forms of meningitis, Thomas wasn’t the same afterwards.

Cadey, from Blackpool in Lancashire, was training as a student nurse when she contracted viral meningitis in April, she tells her story here

An unusual and whiney cry was the first thing that alerted Nicki that something was wrong with her daughter Emma

Thirty-year-old flight attendant Victoria, from Ilchester in Somerset, was struck down with viral meningitis last September.

During what she thought was a routine check-up that Donna discovered her daughter had contracted viral meningitis

I had the Meningitis Now app and looked at the other symptoms. One of them was to check the soft spot. I did; it was rock hard and sticking up. Then I knew

Naomi’s two-week-old daughter Emily had a slight temperature that just kept rising. Emily had picked up this virus from somewhere and it had got into her spinal fluid and resulted in viral meningitis

Sinead’s young son Alex was very sleepy and had a high temperature. The young mum, from Lisnaskea in Co. Fermanagh knew something was badly wrong and her doctor agreed

Dance student Jessie has been struck down by viral meningitis twice since first contracting it in April 2015. She has been told she has Mollaret’s Meningitis, a recurring form of the disease, and lives under the shadow of it returning.

Yasmin's baby daughter Amber from Sidcup, Kent contracted viral meningitis

Three-week-old Andy from Kettlebridge in Fife wouldn't feed, was screaming and running a temperature. It was a bank holiday so his anxious mum, Linsey, was advised to take him straight to hospital.

Andrea’s baby son Harris contracted viral meningitis not once but twice in the first few weeks of his young life. Thankfully the plucky youngster fought back both times and is now doing fine. Andrea, from Cumbernauld, tells their story here

Myrian, 42, from London, felt ‘not quite right’ for a while before suddenly being struck with the most intense headache. She’d contracted viral meningitis and following what was, at times, a dark and frightening experience.

Abbie’s five-week-old son Leo, from Weymouth in Dorset, was a sickly baby, which was why the family did not immediately recognise how poorly he was, with what turned out to be viral meningitis, here is what happened

Eleri had contracted viral meningitis. Mum Sioned takes up their story

Charleine’s young son Billy contracted viral meningitis at just six days old in October 2014. He had a high temperature, was very floppy and cried a lot

A day out in the sunshine quickly turned dark for Tom when he fell foul of viral meningitis in July 2015. The 38-year-old financial consultant from Brighton recounts his experience here

An opera singer is helping us make our voice heard as our annual Viral Meningitis Week campaign to get people talking about the disease takes place