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I hope your g grand-daughter recovers well Dutch,

For those , like myself, who haven't ( thankfully) personal experience of meningitis....

"Approximately, 1 in 500 cases of meningococcal disease will also see the presence of a genetic defect known as complement deficiencies. These genetically inherited immunodeficiencies can be detected using routine tests. There are certain circumstances where referral to an immunologist for screening would be advised such as:

1. Where there is a family history of meningitis

2. Where the same individual has had meningitis two or more times

When is meningitis at its highest?

Viral meningitis is more common in summer, bacterial meningitis in winter. During the winter months, the number of cases of bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia dramatically rise, peaking in February. Based on figures from recent years, about 250 people in England and Wales are likely to be diagnosed with the disease in the first four weeks of January alone.

Someone I know is currently in hospital with bacterial meningitis. Am I at risk?

There is no need to avoid people who have been in contact with meningitis. As one in ten people carry the meningococcal bacteria, most of us come into contact with them every day. The chances of catching meningitis or meningococcal septicaemia from someone you know are slight as the bacteria can only be passed on through close contact such as kissing and sneezing and can only survive outside the body for a few seconds. "

Rose,without going into detail on here, my experiences of meningitis, is that there isn't enough known about it,. But if I were in recent contact with someone with meningitis I WOULD a least speak to my doctor, unfortunately I have had to do that in the past. In my experience I believe it comes in clusters.
I have had too many brushes with it :-(

Lynda I only have experience of two friends that were affected, long time ago now, but I remember a workmate and I both checked with our doctor at the time, just to make sure.

Thinking of CHLOE, hope all is well.Take care Dutch.

love jude xx

Will be thinking of Chloe and the rest of your family.
I hope that you get some good news soon.

You are correct Lynda all close contacts are offered antibiotic prophylaxis When my son had his meningococcal septicaemia the other kids were delighted as the rifampicin they were taking made there wees and in one fascinating case Snot !!! Orangey red. I did not take anything as I was 6 weeks pregnant and unwilling to take a potential teratogen. Hope your gr granddaughter gets better soon Dutch

how has she got viral meningitis when shes had her jab?

the poor girl has had bad luck ,hope she gets better soon.

just looked on the other thread,thought it was about your granddaughter,but then noticed that it was from 2008,has another member of the family got meningitis?

confused .com :-(

Hi Joyce, so sorry to hear Chloe is poorly and I hope she makes a good recovery. Not the best timing for any illness especially for a bridesmaid but hope things work out ok.

I can understand Rachel texting you, you can't misunderstand when it's written down for you but I know when you get stressed you would get the wrong end of the stick with a phonecall plus Rachel can text while she is sitting with Chloe or where ever she is, but not easy to make a call in front of others or the poorly person.

Poor you, your luck doesn't get any better does it?

Take care and will try and talk with you soon, before you leave home

love to you and yours

Lizxxx

could someone please answer my question?
really hope chloe gets well soon,look farward to hearing from duch soon.

Read right through this thread and you will see, Suzanne, that Joyce has spoken to a nurse at the hospital as well as repeated the text her granddaughter sent, so she only knows that much information.

With a bit of luck Joyce is sleeping now altho she doesn't always sleep well especially if/when she is fretting over her family so she won't be back with any more news yet a while. Her granddaughters are especially close to her and with her being so far away and not able to feel she can help, she worries so.

I wish people would not pressure Joyce or anyone posting on her behalf, it doesn't help and upsets Joyce and her hubby.

Let's hope Chloe gets better very soon with no ill effects, at least she is in the right place to get all the help she needs, just hope the rest of the family are ok.

Liz

yes my thoughts exactly,but please try and post the exact diagnosis,because if you dont it confuses people. :-)

Suzanne i think what has confused people is Sylvia nudging the other threads up,
Sheila

Suzanne, Dutch was asking for "Postive thoughts"

she was not asking for medical so why ask for an exact diagnosis? are you a Doctor?

Hope Chloe gets better soon


Roy

yes sparkly ive read it.
chloe has had the meningitis jab,how has she got this very bad strain of meningitis??

really wish her good luck,hope she recovers quickly. :-)

sent you a pm porky. :-)

OK if it will help to return this thread to a possitive thoughts thread

The meningitis vaccine is about 85% effective against certain strains of bacteria. It does not protect against viral meningitis

Roy

did you look that up on the internet?

Kay asking about the jab and Joyce saying yes she had it, doesn't mean a thing, Joyce was probably so tired and confused she didn't know what jab she meant. Why do you always have to be so pernickety Suzanne, we know you are supposed to be a nurse but it doesn't give you the right to interrogate people. If the thread bothers you, stay off it.

Just hope to hear Chloe will be on the mend very soon.

Liz

As Joyce is most likely in bed now I am sure she will not mind me adding this to the thread.Cloe HAS got meningitis,The rest of the family HAVE been given antibiotics,Rachel texts family and post on face book for friends,So she can spend all her time with Cloe She,is still dipping up and down at the moment so she is not out of the woods yet ,but in a better condition than she was,Doctors have told Rachel that she will be on the medication for about 3 weeks but should make a perfect recovery with no permanent damage,No mention of when she will be well enough to leave hospital as yet,
Positive thought for Cloe Sheila