Meningitis stories

Having been told she had heatstroke, Tilly was eventually diagnosed with viral meningitis. She tells us what happened next

Amanda contracted viral meningitis and ended up spending Christmas day just gone in hospital, she tells her own 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 had viral meningitis and was in hospital for two weeks, it has left her to this day with after-effects

Holly from Weston super Mare in Somerset, went to hospital, where she spent a month while doctors investigated her meningitis

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 was in hospital for 6 days, isolated in a room until the type of meningitis - viral - was confirmed.

What started for Kirsten with a severe headache and vomiting was viral meningitis, as confirmed by a lumber puncture.

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 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 contracted viral meningitis at just four-days-old.

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'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.

Charlene's son Connor was showing classic signs of meningitis when doctors sent him immediately to hospital.

Twenty-two-year-old Molly, from Bristol, thought she’d come down with a bad case of flu.

Arlene was pregnant when she was struck down with a severe headache, after investigation viral meningitis was confirmed.

Chloe, from Birmingham, is still struggling with the after-effects of viral meningitis two years after she first became ill.

Ethan had viral meningitis that had attacked his heart muscle, therefore his heart was unable to work properly.

It was confirmed Lenny had a strain of viral meningitis

Jackson was found to have contracted viral meningitis. Fortunately he’s made a good recovery, as Laura recounts here