Have you experienced more infections since ... - Meningitis Now
Have you experienced more infections since your experience of meningitis? (e.g. coughs, colds, flu, infections requiring antibiotics).
MNClaireDPartnerMeningitis Now78 Voters
Both ear and eye infections needing antibiotics, and taking several weeks to get rid of cough after cold in last couple of years. Meningitis late May into June 2015.
Yes immunity was very low after VM in July 2017. Seemed to get every cold and flu going from October onwards last year Contracted the 'Aussie Flu' in Feb 2018, lasted 3 months which resulted in a horrendous chest infection, took 2 rounds of antibiotics, steroid tablets, steroid inhaler and finally a cough bottle with codeine to get rid of it!
Constant chest infections from July (contracted M in the August.) to January was given countless courses of antibiotics. Also anemic and severe Vit D deficiency during that time. Was diagnosed latterly with gallbladder issue so had to have that temoved and then Thyroid stopped working.
Yes multiple ear and sinus infection and a chest infection since having meningitis in July 2017. Been on 4 courses of antibiotics this year alone. Ended up in hospital twice with the sinus infections as experienced severe headache, vomiting and dizziness with it. Before meningitis I rarely got sick and had only been on an antibiotic twice in a 5 year period.
It seems I literally have no immune system. Since having meningococcal septecimia meningitis in Dec 2011, i have also had another bout of bacterial meningitis and viral meningitis. IF anyone I have contact with later comes down with something there's a 90% chance I will too. I have shingles twice a year & pneumonia too.
Haven't had meningitus but knows am susceptible through no vaccines that had been developed during youth for Measles & Mumps & Cancer [ HPV] & Meningitus - 71 yrs now.
One of first on penicillin at birth & pubity when antibiotics witheld for chroonic utis acute 3 weekly developed heart failure with heart attack 13 yrs ago .Know ecoli + 3 other bugs regularly finding my trigger points eg: kyphosis/neurogenic bladder - spina bifida underlying .
This NHS says of no consequence? Yet have a graph to show not the case yet still disregsarded so that appts 3 weekly for targeted anyibiotics deliberately not transferred or tested saying on my online record asymptomatic 65+ years women don't need testing or provision for primary lipo-lymphoedema as a result .
Is this because Men deciding & doing it ! As a result have had to finance my own meningitus & cancer jabs as my Late Mother had severe vascular dementia with TIAs [ MiD]She too was left in limbo used as a cash by deliberately wrong assessments like me .I have abnormal brain waves which could become septic too causing the dreaded dementia ?
Constantly. I also contracted a virus causing acute thyroiditis. Left with heart damage and ended up having a pacemaker.
The after effects of viral meningitis are very under estimated
Streptacoccal throat infections, chest infections, pneumonia, coughs and colds, menoencephalitis age 35 now 60, still memory issues. Sore eyes, labrynthitis, agoraphobia, muscle and bones ache, tire very easily, mood swings, depression.
