http://www.thewmparentingconnection.com/2010/09/misdiagnosis.html
I recently wrote a post over at The WM Parenting connection about misdiagnosis.(see the above link) I mentioned a little girl who had been misdiagnosed with swine flu when she actually had meningitis. She subsequently died as a result of this. Meningitis is one of my greatest fears now that I am the mother of a young child.
My facebook friend Celine Blacow of 'Soaperstar' http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/ recently posted up the following link telling her amazing story of surviving meningitis, not once, not twice but FIVE times!
Check it out at http://www.meningitis.org/book-of-experience/celine-blacow-40217
It's really worth checking this site out to increase your awareness of the disease. You don't have to be a fortysomething first time mum like myself to worry about it!
Oh fame at last! Having had the illness 5 times is incredibly unusual (and rather unlucky) so it shouldn't scare anyone too much... but it's a bug that naturally lives in the ear/nose/throat area so in Winter it can become more prevalent due to the higher incidence of colds/flu etc. Keep an eye on your family, sniffles etc don't mean they have meningitis but my best advice is dreadful headache + vomiting = get to a hospital ASAP. A stiff neck is also a very obvious symptom (get the person to touch their chin to their chest, if they can't, best to check with your doctor). I never had a rash etc so can't give advice on that. I will say that it's very possible to survive this with no ill effects - it's better to be educated and aware rather than be scared.
ReplyDeleteAlways better to eer on the side of caution just in case! Read about that case you mentioned - awful!
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