Meningitis stories

Diana contracted meningococcal meningitis in her mid 20s, leading to lower leg amputations of both legs and all the fingers on her right hand

Once the figurehead of the family, Simon now lives with life-changing after-effects of bacterial meningitis - including severe memory loss, mobility issues and hearing loss

Student Will was in the middle of taking his A-Levels when he began feeling unwell. As his symptoms worsened, his dad took him to hospital where he was diagnosed with viral meningitis

What started as a common cold for Kieran quickly became something much more serious - pneumococcal meningitis. Although the initial illness has passed, Kieran and his family have been left fighting a seemingly never-ending battle with after-effects

Dexter - shown here with cousin Maisie and sister Tilly - had lost a lot of weight in the three weeks since his birth. A random urine sample showed he was suffering from E. coli bacterial meningitis

Premature baby Hannah was nine days old when she contracted bacterial meningitis, leaving her with developmental delays and visual impairments

After undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumour, Colin has been left with a complication that has resulted in him contracting bacterial pneumococcal meningitis once, and viral meningitis five times

Connie was originally diagnosed with a viral infection, as despite her symptoms of meningitis she had no rash. At mum Michelle's insistence, further tests revealed she was suffering from bacterial meningitis

Since waking up in hospital after being found unconscious, Tina has struggled with the toll that her meningitis experience has had on her mental health, and the after-effects it's left her with

Since contracting pneumococcal meningitis as a baby, Sophia has been left with complex and life-long after-effects; but as mum Joanna explains, these do not define her

Mum Beverley was identified as Strep B positive while pregnant, but a few weeks after baby Asher was born he started showing signs of Group B Strep meningitis

Clair contracted meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia and life was never to be the same again

Lel's recent experience of bacterial meningitis is a timely reminder of us all to keep meningitis in mind

Tammy contracted meningococcal (meningitis) Y at age 32, she suffered life-changing after-effects, but has come out fighting.

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

When Rebecca's migraine medication didn't touch the severe headache she had, she knew something wasn't right. Her GP sent her to A&E, where she was diagnosed with viral meningitis