Meningitis stories

It was a normal afternoon for Chloe, from Stroud, until her four-month-old son started screaming. A lumbar puncture later confirmed Rupert had viral meningitis

Amelia from Norfolk tells us the chilling story of what her new-born daughter, Esther, had to go through before being diagnosed with viral meningitis at just three weeks old

Twelve months ago Sophie had what she thought was sunstroke. In fact, she’d contracted viral meningitis and it has been a life-changing experience for her

Allison from Essex was a high-flying manager in the city before she was hit by viral meningitis. After many years of recovery, she has learnt what makes her happiest in life

Mother’s Day took an unexpected turn for Jessica, from Fareham, and her new-born son when he developed a fever which turned out to be viral meningitis

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.