Steve
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Nan was taken in with this earlier in the week, started out as a sore throat, then on sunday she just collapsed. Shes been in like a coma ever since, she was given 50/50 chances, but as ther has been no change in her condition ie. no deterioration, then we are a little more optimistic now.
Anyone ever seen anyone with meningitis? scary shit
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gianluigi
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ghey  hope she recovers mate
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Tiger
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I was vaccinated against it. Simple solution to a potentially lethal disease.
Its worth considering mate. Hope your Nan's ok 
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Steve
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i had some sort of meningities vaccination at school, would this have been it?
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Ojc
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You wouldn't have had a meningitus jab at school, its TB you have at school. I think 
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Steve
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no we deffo had a meningitis and a TB one earlier on in school, i remember it. I never had to have the TB jab as on the test it showed i had a natural immunity to it.
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Steve
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surely others had it? afaik it was a national thing
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gianluigi
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had the meningitis one when i was in primary school. the TB one was in like year 8 or 9. still have the scar, because people thought it would be cool to punch peoples wounds and open them up.....mine didnt heal for months 
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gianluigi
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
surely others had it? afaik it was a national thing
yesh, prior to the TB, you had a heath test.....if the area you were pricked inflamed you are naturally immune
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Steve
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you were still in primary school when i was higher up in 2ndary having the jab 
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My next door neighbour in Uni was rushed into hospital with meningococcal septicaemia, had to have the full works (spinal-tap, etc), was in hospital for a month or so, but made a full recovery...
The doctors reckon it was because we noticed the symptoms quite early on that gave him a decent chance of pulling through it (he came down to dinner one day with the blotches on his arms, and complaining of a massive headache and lethargy, said he was going back to his room to sleep but we grabbed the on-site nurse who called for an ambulance on seeing him).
Everyone who'd been in contact with him had to have the HUGE tablets, just in case, but all was OK in the end, thankfully...
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Steve
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this type doesnt show symptoms like that. Although she has had a number puncher, which is a sample taken from the spine
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Dan B
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Fingers crossed she pulls through it OK.
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ClaireF
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i had the menagitis jab
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Steve
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i had the menagitis jab
whats that then?
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If you had Meningitis vaccination at school it would have been the Meningococcal-C vaccine which will only protect against Meningococcal Meningitis-C. There is a vaccine for Pneumococcal disease, one type of which is now given to babies (from the start of September) but AFAIK it hasn't been given as a routine vaccination before in this country.
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Nan was taken in with this earlier in the week, started out as a sore throat, then on sunday she just collapsed. Shes been in like a coma ever since, she was given 50/50 chances, but as ther has been no change in her condition ie. no deterioration, then we are a little more optimistic now.
Anyone ever seen anyone with meningitis? scary shit
my sister was in a coma earlier this year wiith meningicocalitus(sp).
scary shit. she just about recovered now though
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I had Meningitis, Polio, TB and Diptheria (sp) jabs at secondary school.
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Steve
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Originally posted by Steve
Nan was taken in with this earlier in the week, started out as a sore throat, then on sunday she just collapsed. Shes been in like a coma ever since, she was given 50/50 chances, but as ther has been no change in her condition ie. no deterioration, then we are a little more optimistic now.
Anyone ever seen anyone with meningitis? scary shit
my sister was in a coma earlier this year wiith meningicocalitus(sp).
scary shit. she just about recovered now though
how long was she out before she came round? could she remember any of it?
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Steve
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news just in, looks like shes going to die very shortly
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thats sad sorry to hear that.
My mum had it few years back, was realy bad 50 50 waether she would live or not fortunately she pulled trough and made full recovery, was in an isolation ward and my family had to wear gowns and masks to isit her, also we had to take huge red anti biotics as a precaution, horrible stuff...
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sorry to hear that Steve
guy I work woth had it but came back to work after a few months..
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