My husband had meningitis a couple months ago. He can no longer see out of his right eye, has chronic migraine like headaches and has short term memory loss because of it. He was turned away by Drs and ERs for almost a week (they thought it was a cold) and then he was finally hospitalized for a week. We live in a small apartment with our 3 sons and he's the only one that got it, thank God. We still see his PCP weekly for it. It's one of the scariest things we've ever been through.
That's terrible that he was turned away ☹️ I had it almost 30 years ago, and I am so fortunate that I eventually sought help at a hospital ER where there happened to be a top rated neurologist who had an idea what to look for. Several people had already died that year from it and he did several tests, including the spinal tap, immediately. I've had migraines ever since.
@@anttet thankfully that doesn't happen to me for reasons I don't understand. My immune system refuses to overreact to illnesses that do so for others, making me immune to many illnesses. My family and friends call me the walking plague as I often spread illnesses without showing any symptoms whatsoever.
My parents are heavy anti vaxxers, fortunately I grew up to be exactly on the other side, when I was little they did refuse to get me vaccinated except for chickenpox which was mandatory. I contracted meningitis while I was about 3-4, I fell in a coma at home, my parents took me to a doctor who insisted I was just sleeping while my mom held me in her arms, unconsciousness, another doctor checked me and sent me to another hospital right away, I still remember when I woke up in the hospital, pretty much the only memory I have from back there, and I told my mom "that was a nice sleep" and realized I'm not at home. As I grew up, when I was about 14-15 I realized how important medicine is to humanity and how much it did help us throughout the history, ever since I became 18, I got myself vaccinated and all the medical care I needed, one point I forgot to mention is that after I got out of the hospital, my denture started decaying real fast, throughout my childhood that was a huge issue, by the time I was 14 I lost most of my teeth, had them partially redone when I was 18 because my parents were still against anything that included a doctor, despite the fact that I am still alive due to doctors and the knowledge of medicine we have gathered throughout the history. I also had migraines my entire life. Get your kids vaccinated, do listen to your doctors and most importantly, consult multiple doctors, some are better, some are worse.
Yes vacinated especially for covid. Idk why cops keep not waiting to get vacinated but real quick they'll give u a ticket. Yell me 1 thing did your mom tell you where you got sick? What state or country was this in?
@@korncobb8808 that's the stupidity of anti vaxx, they're immune to facts (pun intended). They'll believe only what they wish to believe. There was a case in south USA, a bunch of anti vaxxers took HORSE DEWORMER instead of vaccines, claiming it was a better way to prevent covid. Seriously, the limits of stupidity do not exist.
@@hulahula6182 i understand completely why people wouldn’t want to get the Covid vaccine, and i wont ask you to, but get vaxxed for other diseases, a day of side effects is infinitely better than a horrible, weakening disease. That applies to the Covid vaccine too, bear that in mind
I had a classmate whom contracted this back in highschool. He had Bacterial Meningitis, which unfortunately he passed away from. He was an awesome kid, loved highway routes, tunnels, and trains. I remember him using this expensive camera to take pictures of the trip up to DC, he was ecstatic the whole time! I wish I got to know him better. Rest in peace Ryan ✌
Sorry about this. 😔 I had a friend in high school chorus. She could sightread music effortlessly and was a really strong alto who taught me a lot. Over the summer of 1987, she got meningitis and dropped out of school. When I saw her in the auditorium after our 1987 Christmas concert, she could no longer sing or play the piano. Her vocabulary & mannerisms were like that of a child. 💜Meghan💜
The symptoms can easily be confused as the flu or cold. That is why it is so scary. This happened to me five months ago. I woke up with flu symptoms. And in the evening I felt something was wrong. It’s a good thing I went to the hospital because the doctor said that if I didn’t I probably would’ve died overnight. Unfortunately I hand triple amputation of my limbs , as well as fingers on the remaining hand. This is one of the worst things that has happened to me , I had all my vaccinations when I was a child but it still can happen. I will be forever traumatized when someone says they have the flu or cold. Fortunately it did not affect any of my organs and did not leave any brain damage. I am grateful to be alive, but physically this is a challenge I’m on TH-cam to look for some inspiration to move forward.
Sadly the immunity from vaccines doesn't last forever. I feel real bad for what you went through and I think that the best you can make out of your experience is spread awareness and promote vaccination for it.
Did you have the meningitis vaccine? I just had the first shot in 2011 and it seemed to be new then. Idk. I now desperately need the second shot (alongside with tetanus), but since I moved I don't have a general doctor and I also don't have a car atm, so it's hard to get to other places. The only doctor that was reachable in under an hour by bus (mind you, by car it takes 10 minutes) doesn't take new patients anymore.
I had meningitis... All I could do was lie down in the bed, eat and drink. I remember vaguely, but I barely even moved and my head hurted when I watched screens or actually any sort of light. Took up my entire summer holiday. And although this is unfortunate, I was overall lucky I only suffered so much! Apparently meningitis is much more harmful and can be even lethal.
My 2 year old cousin woke up feeling sick, by the end of the day she was dead despite being taken to the best children’s hospital in the country (which happened to be in the city they lived in). Such a heartbreaking and deadly disease
This absolutely breaks my heart, my condolences. It truly is a horrible disease. Thankfully this video could help others be more aware so that we could recognize what’s going on before it’s too late. May she rest in peace🌸💜
I had bacterial meningitis as a six month old baby! Can't understand how I'm alive, I will always be grateful for my parents and my aunt for watching me over 24/7 at the time. I lucky didn't have any serious consequences, aside from little white spots on my permanent teeth from all the antibiotics I took, but I had them removed!
That's incredibly doubtful- you don't have "meningitis" without having serious complications, by definition of "meningitis". (There is also what is termed "noninfective meningitis" which isn't caused by a bacterial or viral infection, but rather is caused by a "noninfective" source).
I had bacterial meningitis when I was 8 months old. I was on the ICU and it drained my parents' financial capacity and left debts after debts. I am 22 years old now and still living. Now that I see this on my recommended, it makes me think that I have a purpose in this world (even tho I think I am just existing and not "living") that I have been given a chance to experience life.
I had a friend who had am extremely rare type of meningitis. I heard they said only 2 people in the UK got it a year. He took a long time to go to the doctor, and they had to put him in a coma. They told his family he's most likely going to die, and if he somehow survives, he'll be permanently brain damaged. Miraculously he made a full recovery. God knows how
4:33 is showing an easy way to detect if you might have meningitis. Simply grab a glass cup and press it against abnormal red spots. If it is not meningitis, the red spot should be suppressed to skin color and only return red after you lift up the glass cup.
This doesn't occur in every case and can sometimes be one of the later symptoms when avoiding lasting damage might be unlikely. An effective early-symptom test is to attempt to press your chin against your chest, as a stiff/sore neck is usually one fo the first symptoms and could be a sign of the disease if you can't do it or find it difficult/painful.
Lin Kevin I remember I woke up with red spots all over my body and when pressing a glass against it they didn’t disappear. I also had a very bad headache so when we searched it up we were pretty sure I had meningitis. I was terrified. I went to the doctor and I turns out I just had an allergy from some laundry liquid thing and the reason I had a headache was because someone had accidentally punched me the day before (he meant to hit someone else then missed pathetically and hit me)
Not losing colour on vitropression is positive in like 30% of some dermatologic diseases (mostly purpuras) and not only in meningitis. That is not a specific sign at all.
We had a meningitis outbreak at my college. Every student lined up to get the shot. The CDC was there. Their doctors were dead quiet. People are antivacc until they realize what the word "outbreak" really, TRULY means. I have never again felt as helpless as I did that day. I mean, these where the people who were ready to fight the plague. And here I was, seeing what they had trained for. Scary stuff
i wonder how you feel looking back at this comment, considering how many people (still) think the covid vaccine was created to harm people instead of help...
I remember my mum got bacterial meningitis back in 1971 when she was 2. It was thanks to the great care of some of the hospitals in Dublin that she managed to pull through. This is why I can never understand why anyone would willingly put their child in this position and why anti-vaxxers are some of the craziest people around at the moment imo
Anti-vaxxers not only endanger their kids but other people as well. I think vaccination should be mandatory by the government, and if someone refuses their guns will be taken away, and they'll have to go and sit at fitting range and watch people shoot while they won't allowed to lay their hands on a gun, and if they manage to get one they'll be shot.
When I was young, a kid on the block died from this. It must have been around the year 2000. I remember that us kids found it very weird and scary that a random kid could die of some disease we had never heard about in a country with great healthcare.
My sister got meningitis when she was 2, the doctors turned her away saying it was normal for a kid or something. She’s alive only thanks to my mum, she read a book about it years before and recognised the symptoms and insisted that she had it. Now at 12 my sister is profoundly deaf, and her English is sent back but she has a cochlear implant and is alive.
I watched this because my friend passed at age 24 due to bacterial meningitis. One day he was here, the next he was gone. It was surreal. I didn't understand the disease at that time but I knew it was horrific. Be careful, everyone. This is one of the scariest diseases I've ever seen.
I had meningitis when I was going through my battle with leukaemia. I don’t remember any of it though as I was very young. I was on chemo therapy at he time, so my immune system was just an open gate to any bacteria. I’m so thankful for our NHS in the UK that I’m here today 😊 I now have short term memory problems either from this or the fungal infection that I had in my brain. Either way I’m still kicking so can’t complain!
@@lethalfire6247 anyone thats had a life experience past what you can comprehend means theyre lying? go play with some grass what are you 12? well your name is "Lethal fire62" so im going to assume so
Extra reading; there is no single 'meningitis bacteria'. Bacterial meningitis is caused by many organisms including but not limited to: Streptococcus pneumoniae (gives rise to pneumococcus meningitis and is commensal in a significant minority of people's throats), Neisseria meningitidis (gives rise to meningococcal meningitis, typically presenting with the non-blanching rash), Haemophilus influenzae (The B serotype gives rise to aggressive, preventable meningitis), Listeria monocytogenes (typically only affects pregnant women, neonates and occasionally the elderly) and Group B streptococcus (neonatal and elderly meningitis) and atypical causes like E.coli (which can come from a septic UTI) There are vaccines available for MOST of these bacteria (PCV, MenACWY + B, HIB vaccines), but not ALL (Listeria, group B strep, E.coli and a myriad of other atypical causes, not even including viral, fungal and protozoal causes like naegleria fowleri). Additionally, you may not be up to date with your vaccines, each is designed for a different 'serotype' of each bacteria (N.meningitidis has 5 in A, C, W, Y and B that you can vaccinate against), and depending on when you received it, you may not have full coverage, as some are newer than others. TL;DR, 1. Antivax is irresponsible and misguided, so don't be unknowingly complicit in it. 2. Track down your vaccination transcript and make sure you're covered. 3. Don't gun to get the pitchforks if someone has meningitis, many people will develop it from causes outside of vaccines coverage.
I actually was in the intensive care unit last year around Christmas because of bacterial meningitis .. I was sedated for three days. The doctor said if I came 1-2 hours later I would have been dead. It’s a miracle that I don’t have any permanent damage. It took me like 2 months until I fully felt like myself again ... this disease came so fast and i had no clue until I saw the red spots on my arms and started googling. After that I rushed into hospital where I’ve been treated totally wrong after I already mentioned meningitis. I lost my consciousness and I woke up three days after in another hospital (thank god!). I’m so thankful the doctors reacted so quickly in the other hospital ..
there are a thousand different causes for symptoms and it is always a gamble what to check or treat first, without more context I don't see whats wrong
The nurse was pretty unprofessional and unfriendly and didn’t take me serious. The first hospital was a pretty small one without a neurological unit. But it was the nearest and I was panicking to get this cleared out as fast as possible. They left me for hours in a room and just gave me painkillers before they finally decided to call the other hospital. They could have done this way earlier.
Not the first time the hospital does not take people seriously for meningitis. There were already several deaths in the UK because doctors usually don’t believe a person is infected with it. Sure, you can get to a hospital ASAP, but you have to be lucky to get medical staff who will put an effort to save you...
Same like happened with my brother too. He was treated wrongly in the hospital but thanks a doctor who found the root cause & treated my brother accordingly. He is now normal & enjoying his life happily. Btw he had tuberculosis meningitis.
My dog had meningitis a few Christmas' ago; Probably one of the scariest things ever because she went from a completely normal dog, to having pain and extreme sensitivity to touch and wouldn't eat(normally, she's a bottomless pit when it comes to food). Luckily the vets were able to save her! I don't know what I'd do without my lil pup!
On October 15th, my brother was diagnosed with an sinus infection. he got very sick. we rushed him to the hospital one day and they told us we had to get surgery. He was terribly sick. He was very close to getting meningitis, if left untreated you could go deaf. either way, we had a risk of my brother going deaf. because the surgery was a bit risky, and might damage something in his ear. November 11th 2016, 2:36 pm, my mom rushed into the waiting room telling us the surgery went smooth with no complications, and he was going to be fine :)
my parents were anti-vaxxers but when my dad died I tried to convince my mum to get my siblings and myself vaccinated and we still aren't i'm really scared we might get something incurable
Emma Hart Once you turn 18 you can get vaccinated without your parent’s consent, so you can wait until then if you want. Or you could try to show your mum some proof and studies that show vaccines are safe.
Sarah Misraoui Or they can just be healthy and not get sick. Easy fix, no vaccination needed, and no needing to go to a hospital where people sneeze on everything in sight.
Quick action DID save my life. I had meningitis when I was 30 days old and it left me with a bit of a learning disability for which I have learned to compensate and left me permanently 100% deaf in my left ear. Most of the time, this doesn't cause me issues aside from not being able to tell where noises are coming from and issues with wearing headphones where a stereo signal to only the left ear doesn't let me hear everything. Had to watch this video to learn more about the disease that helped mold me into the man I am today.
I had meningitis I literally was down for 2 years in indescribable pain. My brain was on Fire. I couldn’t do anything and was lucky to have survived the attack. Then the rebuilding began. You have to build néw pathways in your brain because of the damage and rebuild your body because of muscle apathy. Took another 2 years to get back to normal. Then you have to rebuild your finances that are completely destroyed after an attack like that. I made a full recovery by the Grace of God because I never thought I would be the same again. Thank You God and all of your Angels from the bottom of my Soul and heart. Thank You.
Had it when I was 16 years old. Meningitis type B to be specific. Realized it after 3 days leaving me paralysed on the left side. 2 years later I kinda got back to normal life but close case
@@lethalfire6247 anyone thats had a life experience past what you can comprehend means theyre lying? go play with some grass what are you 12? well your name is "Lethal fire62" so im going to assume so
My big brother got this when he was 1 years old. This was back in the early 1990s. They had to use so many experimental drugs on him, he survived, but hes deaf now with one cochlear.
As someone who spent a week in the hospital because of meningitis, I can tell you this desease is no joke. Do all that you can to prevent it. The results of it are heartbreaking.
My mom survived bacterial meningitis as a 7 day old. She was rushed to the hospital on Xmas eve. She survived because my grandmother had read an article about other babies that died in the hospital. The baby had an autopsy and they found out. So my mom got treatment because of grandma’s diligence. This was back in 1955, she got it in the hospital maternity ward.
As much as I agree it is very imformative and helpful, I cannot say it is the best - it goes well along with kurzgesagt. I love them both! I am liking almost every video from both channels
@Fanghorn Bilers there was one scientific paper stating so in a prestigious journal a few years ago. Later, that paper was proven to be a falsification, and the author was ostracized, out of the scientific community. However, the antivaxxers clung to that fake paper, and it is their main argument.
Yeah the role of vaccines along with other risk factors for ASD such as genetics predisposition, advanced parental age and other environmental factors. Vaccines have perhaps received more scrutiny that any other speculated cause of ASD, but the great majority of scientists , physicians and health researchers have come to conclusion have that there is no association between vaccines and autism.
Survived this in 1994-1995 whilst I was merely a few years old My parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents remind me to this day how lucky I am to be alive. The reason being that in those days, particularly in third world countries, medical care was not as advanced
I had a cousin who unfortunately passed away from meningitis back in 2019. 😢 May God bless her. She had small headaches and sensitivity to light, so we all thought that she was having migraines. However, her condition worsened over a few days and more serious signs appeared. Within two weeks, she passed away. Despite having taken her to the best hospital in our area, they couldn't save her. Hopefully less people go through this. What a terrible disease.
@@lethalfire6247 anyone thats had a life experience past what you can comprehend means theyre lying? go play with some grass what are you 12? well your name is "Lethal fire62" so im going to assume so
Star Cherry conspiracy theories become conspiracy facts once irrefutable evidence is gathered. It's that sliver of truth purposely shrouded in bs that'll easily deceive those not intouch with their in(ner)tuition, & Secrecy prevents us from understanding the totality of the conspiracy
@@rust44 It doesn't matter if most get vaccinated. All it takes is one non-vaccinated child to infect the masses. In that sense, it can be true that an entire generation of children can get sick due to a very small number of anti-vaxxers.
I had meningitis when I was 15 and it first started with a really bad headache and vomitting. Then I was in and out of conciousness the whole night until my family decide to call an ambulance at dawn. I was almost helicoptered to the hospital but due to weather I couldn’t be. I was in the hospital for 6 or 7 days but luckily I had my two brothers and grandma home to get me help. I had a 105 fever and I remember waking up and not being able to move my head due to stiffness in my neck and headaches. Luckily, I’ve had no problems since and I’m very healthy now 😇🙏
I'm pretty good with pain, but when I had viral meningitis it well exceeded my pain threshold. The pain was unbelievable, fortunately for me viral meningitis isn't generally deadly.
My grandmother caught meningitis as a child in England during WWII. A German doctor administered the new treatment and she quickly recovered. While putting national barriers and politics aside, he saved her life. She’s turning 90 this year.
That's why a lot of history readers or writers answer to the question I would like to live in our time as normal guy rather than a king in medieval times.
@@sirspirant4016 although autism isnt like downs dont go around acting like its perfectly normal and doesnt cause many a problem depending on the level the said person is at
The "spreading it without knowing it and not having any symptoms" bit is what's so dangerous and why it is crucial to get vaccinated and wear a mask when in close proximity with other people. This equally applies to the coronavirus we're experiencing now. Do it for others too, not just yourself.
Masks are meant to protect other people from you, if everyone doesn't wear it especially the person who's spreading the disease then everyone is still at risk. Everyone should always wear masks, even if there's no epidemic but there truly are stubborn people in the world and we can only accept our fate when it comes to us. Stay safe.
@@seurn7801 It's too bad that we can't SEE viruses and bacteria. I have a feeling that a lot more people would be wearing masks and washing their hands more frequently if that were the case.
@@2kmichaeljordan438 You go ahead and say that when you’re 70, a massive pandemic occurs, and people refuse to take precautions because “it’s only people like you who will die.”
@@dabigcheezprod I doubt by the time I’m 70 there’s gonna be a massive pandemic. Have a member of the family or a healthcare care worker take care of you, or stay away from the people not following precautions. Stop acting like Covid is the end of the world. It’s not, not even close to it
@@2kmichaeljordan438 I know. Besides that, nobody is holding a gun to the vulnerables' heads and forcing them into large crowds. I'm pissed off that the vulnees are forcing their lifestyles and paranoia on the rest of us.
I almost died of meningitis when I was a kid. I remember that everything around me was going dark, and the light was hurtful to see... horrible experience, and luckily I recovered just fine. Modern medicine is amazing
2015 was a sad year for me. I had this splitting headache for one week continuously... i went to some hospital and they just diagnosed me with anaemia. Days later the pain was unbearable, i thought i was seeing my last days. Went to another hospital and this time they told me it was meningitis and started treatment immediately. My life has never been the same again.
Something like that would need at least a 1h video. So many pathogenes can ignite meningitis in a wide variety of mechanisms. But yeah, I would have enjoyed that as a "quick" review
They also left out "noninfective" meningitis which is the scariest of all- no vaccine will help, and you can get it at any time for no known reason at all.
Bacterial is so much worse in every way it's not even worth mentioning the viral kind because it's so treatable, and after affects don't compare to bacterial
@@252wmh You have it backwards- a bacterial infection can be positively treated with antibiotics. (the first line definitive treatment for bacterial meningitis is large doses of IV penecillin.) The treatment for a viral infection is supportive, as antiviral drugs tend to slow down viral reproduction but don't do much in terms of killing the virus. However the tradeoff is that there's no such thing as a "vaccine" for a bacterial infection because of the fact that bacteria can mutate their DNA relatively quickly during mitosis- whereas viral DNA is more stable with the exception of certain classes of viruses such as retroviruses- which are RNA only.
I am so glad that my sister survived meningitis at 6 months old with no ill effects. We were so blessed that we had such great hospitals, and care, and that she caught viral meningitis, not bacterial. So scary how quick this can kill.
@@donyad9321 I was in hospital for over a week, I'd say after leaving is when you need the most support, just in my case I still have headaches and struggle to walk, Hope your daughter recovers x
My brother's teacher got meningitis and self-diagnosed herself based on severe headaches and a stiff neck. She had her husband drive her to the emergency room, where she waited 4 hours before seeing a doctor. The doctor told her it was just a migraine, but she insisted on a spinal tap. They reluctantly agreed, and the results came back showing severe meningitis. She survived thankfully because of information like this, and I am so glad that videos like this are informing others.
I had meningitis when I was 6-7 years old And I could barely remember anything that time but I was in pain, and I also remember getting mad at people who talk because I could hear them as LOUD and I always ask the lights to be dimmed. Well thankfully I survived and I stayed at the hospital for like 1-2 months, and I consider this as my 'second life'. And I didn't even know that my body was experiencing this years ago as I didn't understand anything that much b4.
I turned 16 recently and got my first vaccine for this two days later. Getting a booster shot within the next 2 weeks as well. Vaccines are important and even as a child I knew that. I would cry, but if someone asked me if I'd like a shot, I'd reluctantly agree because I knew it was good for me. Parents do what they think is best for their kid, but sometimes forget kids are more educated about what they want than their parents think.
My friend had meningitis for a very long time. Last week she had a cardiac arrest at 25, was in coma for a week and passed away yesterday. I never really had realized the severity of this disease.
I work in admissions at my university and even if the student is all good to go, they can not registar for classes if they do not get this shot. And what's really sad just as of this past year, more and more parents and their kids are getting turned away cause they just refuse to take it.
I just recovered from meningitis. Since I am in health care I knew what it was early on and got myself treated. - most intense headache all over the head, fever, very stiff neck Check if you‘re able to put your chin on your chest. If it hurts or you‘re unable to then go see a doctor. If your hips and knees automatically flex when someone passively moves your neck, this is called the brudzinsi sign. There‘s also the kernig sign. Education and listening to your body is key ❤
My grandfather was really lucky, all things considered, with his meningitis. He was in a coma for the better part of a year and the doctors had to install a shunt in his head to drain excess fluid. The doctors reckoned that his survival odds were not that great and he would have severely reduced motor functions. Thankfully, 6 years on he has made a strong recovery. His age has done a number on him, but he can walk unassisted again, climb stairs and just live. We got really, really lucky.
Why is "risk of amputation" a so commonly used phrase? It makes it sound as though body parts just spontaneously fall off as a direct result of the disease (which rarely happens with some diseases, in which it is called "auto-amputation"). "Amputation" isn't the risk, it's the treatment. "Risk of tissue death in the limbs, necessitating an amputation in order to prevent the death of the patient" is more accurate.
Because they are at risk for getting limbs amputated due to their limbs dying off. I've already seen a few people on TH-cam with quad amputations because of that so yes, it is a huge risk. You don't think the average person can figure out what they are talking about. Do you honestly think people are thinking they mean their arms random fall off.
When I was in nursing school, 2003, an entire family had meningitis. Mom, dad, and 4 kids. Kids caught it somewhere and brought it home. I remember the chin check. If you can touch your chin to your neck and have excruciating pain it's a symptom of meningitis. Got to see many spinal taps those weeks. They all made it out ok tho ❤🎉
I what both meningitis and encephalitis at the same time from a mosquito bite. It all progressed so much in a day. That evening I was taken to the hospital. I don’t remember much but I had a seizer and slipped into a coma in which they kept me in. It’s a very scary sickness. I’m grateful for my outcome. I was not supposed to be alive today.
My dad has always been super over protective of me and my older sister. He would go above and beyond to make sure we were safe. He raised me and my sister really good and now we know how to be safe outside the world thanks to him. Well one day my dad and I were fighting bcz I told him to leave me alone and I was tired of his overprotective crap(i appreciate it but he just passes the limit. Ik he loves us) I screamed at him why he was so overprotective. Then he told me... (I have one older half brother who I so very much love) My older half brother had almost lost his life at just 9 months old to meningitis.(I never knew) It was a very long recovery for my brother and it broke my dad. My dad had no control over it and blamed himself it. He made it a mission to make sure nothing ever happens to his future kids. (This was about 13-14 years before I was born) I kept my mouth shut after that. I love you Dad & Danny
One of those people who attended the Hajj حاجّ was my aunt, and she even died at the young age of 47 because of it 😢. We couldn’t get to a hospital in time, and she died in her home 18 hours later. I hope that nobody else follows her path too.
In 1980 I got meningitis from a boy who bit me at a Air force Base daycare they didn't wash the bite wound out. I was found on the floor in a fetal position foaming at the mouth and already in rigamortis. I was dead and my mom took me to the ER. They revived me and then didn't know what sickness I had. My mom was so mad with the incompetent doctors. All I remember was going in and out of consciousness and my mother screaming at the doctors to hurry up and find out what was wrong with me. I was wondering why I had foam on my mouth too. Well that was so long ago and the only thing that was a long lasting problem from it was I'm tone deaf. I can't hear low tones. I always say I can't hear men. Lol. I hope nobody else gets this horrible sickness.
I had meningitis in 2014 and it nearly killed me. I could barely walk for a month or 2 afterwards and felt hung over for a very long. I also remember the pain being so intense from swelling of my brain that morphine did nothing for my pain
In 2020, I was alone at my dorm and had a very high fever for 5 days straight. My family was worried sick, and I kept putting them off and said it was just a fever. I was puking every 30 minutes on the 5th day. Someone called an ambulance in my behalf, and I was rushed to the ER. that’s how I found out I had meningitis. Had that person not call the ambulance on me, I might have been dead. I also did experience super sensitivity to light and sound. I was experiencing hallucinations. It was scary at night. It felt like I was living a nightmare. I’m thankful to that person who called the ambulance on me.
I have cholesteatoma in both ears (they’ve been removed and I have implants for my inner ears bones now). My doctor said I’m at an increase for meningitis infection and now this video has been doing the web md panic. I’ve noticed for going on weeks now I’m my eyes have been more sensitive and the back of my neck stiff. And I don’t think I’ve gone a day without a headache or overstimulation in a while. Thanks for the video. Good thing I also just got insurance
Good news is that if these symptoms have been going on for weeks, your chance of them being caused by meningitis is tiny. Take comfort in the fact that meningitis move really fast- you’d go from fine to really sick in a matter of hours, days at max, not have a slow burn for weeks. That said, you should definitely see your doctor to get these symptoms checked out- they’re not good signs, even if they’re not indicative of meningitis in your case.
I had Meningitis at just 6 weeks old. December, 32 years ago. My parents were told to expect the worst but I pulled through and I was released from hospital just 12 hours before Christmas Day. Unfortunately 6 weeks later I was back in the hospital very unwell and the Doctors diagnosed me with Hydrocephalus. The Meningitis had basically killed my meninges; the meninges drain fluid from around the brain, so now my skull/ brain was filling with CSF. I was fitted with a Shunt to artificially drain the fluid (I’ve had this changed quite a few times). I have mild brain damage from the meningitis and so many surgeries. I have 3 other Neurological conditions. But I survived!
Here is a quick note, After the outbreak Saudi Arabia decided to make it mandatory to take a vaccine for the pilgrimage (Hajj) or the lesser pilgrimage (Umrah) against meningitis. Even I got vaccinated against it when I went on a lesser pilgrimage and it lasts about 5 years or so.
i had meningitis as a baby in 1999, luckily i survived with no major hearing or vision loss and just the occassional migraine now. thankful to my mom and dad and all the nurses and doctors who took such good care of me for the time i spent sick. ❤️🙏
I had bacterial spinal meningitis on my first day of 4th grade. Woke up with a headache, my neck got extremely stiff throughout the school day where if I look down or turn my head any direction I would have major pain in the top of my neck/spine. I also noticed my high sensitivity to light at that point. I went to the hospital, got a spinal tap, and I was positive. They rushed me into a room then they put me in a medically included coma. I think I was in it for a week or two. Not entirely sure. I remember it being tough to get out of bed and try walking again, but I got further each time I went for a walk.
I had a seizure as a 1 year old. I asked my mam about it a few years ago and she told me it was because I has meningitis. It blew my mind how she said it so casually
I had bacterial meningitis at 5 months, I survived without getting any limbs or body parts removed as I keep being reminded i'm very lucky but back then when I was young and got cured I never thought it was such a big deal. So I am happy that I can live normally and I feel so bad with people that died or survived but tooken a limb off. As if anyone that has had meningitis I hope you all survive.
After waiting 12 hours in the ER and asking my doctor if. I could leave, hearing "actually if you leave, you might die. I have to admit you for meningitis" that was the scariest moment of my life I swear.
My little brother caught bacterial meningitis. He’s very lucky to be alive and well because he almost didn’t make it. So thankful for the amazing medical staff who treated him.
I had meningitis a very long time ago. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. So much so, that 20 years later, I find myself often thinking about it and coming back to these kinds of videos just to watch them. I think about that experience quite often. I guess because of how traumatic and painful it was. I'll never forget the African doctor who took care of me, and essentially saved my life around 20 years ago. God bless you, doctor.
My brother died of meningitis back in 1982. He was just a toddler. Growing up, my mom was always nervous about the disease coming back to claim another one of her kids. Whenever any of us 7 surviving kids had a bad headache, Mom would tell us to look straight up. I didn't understand back then but I guess this was testing for the neck muscle stiffness.
I had a brain hemorrhage at the age of sixteen (the third instance, actually, in a series of brain hemorrhaging that began at the age of twelve) caused by a rare brain arteriovenous malformation, which caused many of these symptoms, making it an elusive and difficult to diagnose illness. The doctors kept jumping to the conclusion that I had meningitis, which is fair, considering I basically had all the symptoms of it, but also frustrating for me because I knew deep down it couldn’t possibly be meningitis considering I’d had two previous episodes of the symptoms that would eventually go away until the next bleed in my brain. Anyway, I thought I’d share that, and I wanted to say: anyone with these symptoms should always seek prompt medical attention - it may or may not be meningitis but it could be something else!!
16 years ago I lost a 5year-old cousin to meningitis, she died in 2 days. Sometimes just waiting to see "what is happening" can be the worst thing possible to do.
My brother had meningitis years ago, he was so lucky to only have a couple fingers amputated when they thought it might have to have been his whole arm. It could have been even worse though as the nurse that came to see him kept saying that it wasn't anything serious before he actually passed out due to his lungs nearly shutting down completely. A huge thank you to the other paramedic in the ambulance who quickly shut down the nurse who kept saying otherwise!
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My husband had meningitis a couple months ago. He can no longer see out of his right eye, has chronic migraine like headaches and has short term memory loss because of it. He was turned away by Drs and ERs for almost a week (they thought it was a cold) and then he was finally hospitalized for a week. We live in a small apartment with our 3 sons and he's the only one that got it, thank God. We still see his PCP weekly for it. It's one of the scariest things we've ever been through.
Shame on the Doctors who turned him away. They should be sued.
I hope hes doing better, please tell him my well wishes
how terrible ☹️
That's terrible that he was turned away ☹️
I had it almost 30 years ago, and I am so fortunate that I eventually sought help at a hospital ER where there happened to be a top rated neurologist who had an idea what to look for. Several people had already died that year from it and he did several tests, including the spinal tap, immediately. I've had migraines ever since.
Nicole Barnes I hope your husband gets better and I’m sending prayers for your family
The more u know your body the more you understand how sensitive it is and it’s really scary
Don't worry about it too much. Keep in mind the body has a powerful defence system, the immune system.
@@howaboutno3575 which can kill you as well though
@@anttet thankfully that doesn't happen to me for reasons I don't understand. My immune system refuses to overreact to illnesses that do so for others, making me immune to many illnesses.
My family and friends call me the walking plague as I often spread illnesses without showing any symptoms whatsoever.
@@howaboutno3575 Weird flex but ok
The more you know how incredible your body is, the more amazed you’d be what it can handle 😉
My parents are heavy anti vaxxers, fortunately I grew up to be exactly on the other side, when I was little they did refuse to get me vaccinated except for chickenpox which was mandatory.
I contracted meningitis while I was about 3-4, I fell in a coma at home, my parents took me to a doctor who insisted I was just sleeping while my mom held me in her arms, unconsciousness, another doctor checked me and sent me to another hospital right away, I still remember when I woke up in the hospital, pretty much the only memory I have from back there, and I told my mom "that was a nice sleep" and realized I'm not at home.
As I grew up, when I was about 14-15 I realized how important medicine is to humanity and how much it did help us throughout the history, ever since I became 18, I got myself vaccinated and all the medical care I needed, one point I forgot to mention is that after I got out of the hospital, my denture started decaying real fast, throughout my childhood that was a huge issue, by the time I was 14 I lost most of my teeth, had them partially redone when I was 18 because my parents were still against anything that included a doctor, despite the fact that I am still alive due to doctors and the knowledge of medicine we have gathered throughout the history.
I also had migraines my entire life.
Get your kids vaccinated, do listen to your doctors and most importantly, consult multiple doctors, some are better, some are worse.
You got meningitis and almost died and tour parents are STILL antivaxx?
Yes vacinated especially for covid. Idk why cops keep not waiting to get vacinated but real quick they'll give u a ticket. Yell me 1 thing did your mom tell you where you got sick? What state or country was this in?
@@korncobb8808 that's the stupidity of anti vaxx, they're immune to facts (pun intended). They'll believe only what they wish to believe. There was a case in south USA, a bunch of anti vaxxers took HORSE DEWORMER instead of vaccines, claiming it was a better way to prevent covid. Seriously, the limits of stupidity do not exist.
Even the rushed covid vaccine?
@@hulahula6182 i understand completely why people wouldn’t want to get the Covid vaccine, and i wont ask you to, but get vaxxed for other diseases, a day of side effects is infinitely better than a horrible, weakening disease. That applies to the Covid vaccine too, bear that in mind
I had a classmate whom contracted this back in highschool. He had Bacterial Meningitis, which unfortunately he passed away from. He was an awesome kid, loved highway routes, tunnels, and trains. I remember him using this expensive camera to take pictures of the trip up to DC, he was ecstatic the whole time! I wish I got to know him better.
Rest in peace Ryan ✌
I'm sorry for your Lost. How do u think he got it?
@@fidelsolis6070 No idea, all I know is that they cleaned down the whole school afterwards.
Sorry about this. 😔
I had a friend in high school chorus. She could sightread music effortlessly and was a really strong alto who taught me a lot. Over the summer of 1987, she got meningitis and dropped out of school. When I saw her in the auditorium after our 1987 Christmas concert, she could no longer sing or play the piano. Her vocabulary & mannerisms were like that of a child. 💜Meghan💜
@@DianaDeLuna Likewise, it must have been a hard thing to see. Illness is always indiscriminate and we can only pray for good health of others.
Rest In Peace! i will pray for youse and yours! God Bless!
The symptoms can easily be confused as the flu or cold. That is why it is so scary. This happened to me five months ago. I woke up with flu symptoms. And in the evening I felt something was wrong. It’s a good thing I went to the hospital because the doctor said that if I didn’t I probably would’ve died overnight. Unfortunately I hand triple amputation of my limbs , as well as fingers on the remaining hand. This is one of the worst things that has happened to me , I had all my vaccinations when I was a child but it still can happen. I will be forever traumatized when someone says they have the flu or cold. Fortunately it did not affect any of my organs and did not leave any brain damage. I am grateful to be alive, but physically this is a challenge I’m on TH-cam to look for some inspiration to move forward.
Sadly the immunity from vaccines doesn't last forever.
I feel real bad for what you went through and I think that the best you can make out of your experience is spread awareness and promote vaccination for it.
Did you have the meningitis vaccine? I just had the first shot in 2011 and it seemed to be new then. Idk. I now desperately need the second shot (alongside with tetanus), but since I moved I don't have a general doctor and I also don't have a car atm, so it's hard to get to other places. The only doctor that was reachable in under an hour by bus (mind you, by car it takes 10 minutes) doesn't take new patients anymore.
@@DeBuppy that would be me 😭😂
@@solar0wind take the vaccine every 10 years . I know it is gonna be hard for you but prevention is better than cure
Jesus christ man, i hope you have prosthetics cause losing 3 limbs is fuggin awful
I had meningitis... All I could do was lie down in the bed, eat and drink. I remember vaguely, but I barely even moved and my head hurted when I watched screens or actually any sort of light. Took up my entire summer holiday. And although this is unfortunate, I was overall lucky I only suffered so much! Apparently meningitis is much more harmful and can be even lethal.
Thx for sharing 🙏,
We're sorry you had to experience that! And glad you recovered.
Would you mind sharing how you contracted it and where you live?
VolTer same here comrade, the light is still super annoying for me even tho im cured
as said in the video
My 2 year old cousin woke up feeling sick, by the end of the day she was dead despite being taken to the best children’s hospital in the country (which happened to be in the city they lived in). Such a heartbreaking and deadly disease
This absolutely breaks my heart, my condolences. It truly is a horrible disease. Thankfully this video could help others be more aware so that we could recognize what’s going on before it’s too late. May she rest in peace🌸💜
I’m sorry for your loss
Rest in peace little one
lol
Bullhuss edgelord… sigh, karma will come for ya
I had bacterial meningitis as a six month old baby! Can't understand how I'm alive, I will always be grateful for my parents and my aunt for watching me over 24/7 at the time. I lucky didn't have any serious consequences, aside from little white spots on my permanent teeth from all the antibiotics I took, but I had them removed!
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Wow, your parents are great, where can I get parents like these
That's incredibly doubtful- you don't have "meningitis" without having serious complications, by definition of "meningitis". (There is also what is termed "noninfective meningitis" which isn't caused by a bacterial or viral infection, but rather is caused by a "noninfective" source).
My sister too has a meningitis but she survived.
@@Harlem55 if you’re treated very quickly you won’t have lasting damage
I had bacterial meningitis when I was 8 months old. I was on the ICU and it drained my parents' financial capacity and left debts after debts. I am 22 years old now and still living. Now that I see this on my recommended, it makes me think that I have a purpose in this world (even tho I think I am just existing and not "living") that I have been given a chance to experience life.
hope you’re doing okay
Ok
use it to save other people just like how your parents saved you
Hugs 🤗
@@midnightmirror4518 hugs back
I had a friend who had am extremely rare type of meningitis. I heard they said only 2 people in the UK got it a year. He took a long time to go to the doctor, and they had to put him in a coma. They told his family he's most likely going to die, and if he somehow survives, he'll be permanently brain damaged. Miraculously he made a full recovery. God knows how
I'm wishing a full recovery for my mom 🥺❤️❤️
@@ctm_initials oh im sorry, is she fine?
@@juhppug3873 she dead af❤❤
What.
The.
F***!?!?!?!? how did they say he would have brain damage, and he didnt???? I am so confused.
Maybe God is how
4:33 is showing an easy way to detect if you might have meningitis. Simply grab a glass cup and press it against abnormal red spots. If it is not meningitis, the red spot should be suppressed to skin color and only return red after you lift up the glass cup.
This doesn't occur in every case and can sometimes be one of the later symptoms when avoiding lasting damage might be unlikely. An effective early-symptom test is to attempt to press your chin against your chest, as a stiff/sore neck is usually one fo the first symptoms and could be a sign of the disease if you can't do it or find it difficult/painful.
Lin Kevin I remember I woke up with red spots all over my body and when pressing a glass against it they didn’t disappear. I also had a very bad headache so when we searched it up we were pretty sure I had meningitis. I was terrified. I went to the doctor and I turns out I just had an allergy from some laundry liquid thing and the reason I had a headache was because someone had accidentally punched me the day before (he meant to hit someone else then missed pathetically and hit me)
@@KK-ph9lt at least you check in the doctor which is a good thing.
@Lin kevin Thank you, i did not know that
Not losing colour on vitropression is positive in like 30% of some dermatologic diseases (mostly purpuras) and not only in meningitis. That is not a specific sign at all.
I'm glad that TED-Ed exists to educate us all!
Ye as h
We had a meningitis outbreak at my college. Every student lined up to get the shot. The CDC was there. Their doctors were dead quiet.
People are antivacc until they realize what the word "outbreak" really, TRULY means. I have never again felt as helpless as I did that day. I mean, these where the people who were ready to fight the plague. And here I was, seeing what they had trained for.
Scary stuff
For uni in my country it’s mandatory to get vaccinated they check our yellow cards.
i wonder how you feel looking back at this comment, considering how many people (still) think the covid vaccine was created to harm people instead of help...
@@LaraOlina The anti-science movement is no joke, you're right
Truly*
I remember my mum got bacterial meningitis back in 1971 when she was 2. It was thanks to the great care of some of the hospitals in Dublin that she managed to pull through. This is why I can never understand why anyone would willingly put their child in this position and why anti-vaxxers are some of the craziest people around at the moment imo
You remember your mum when she was 2?
@@aarondixon1625 Of course not. My granny used to tell me about it when I was younger. My memories good but not that good haha
Why do you assume only antivaxers are the ones who get menegitis. I am very curious?
Anti-vaxxers not only endanger their kids but other people as well. I think vaccination should be mandatory by the government, and if someone refuses their guns will be taken away, and they'll have to go and sit at fitting range and watch people shoot while they won't allowed to lay their hands on a gun, and if they manage to get one they'll be shot.
Makes you wonder, huh?
When I was young, a kid on the block died from this. It must have been around the year 2000. I remember that us kids found it very weird and scary that a random kid could die of some disease we had never heard about in a country with great healthcare.
My sister got meningitis when she was 2, the doctors turned her away saying it was normal for a kid or something. She’s alive only thanks to my mum, she read a book about it years before and recognised the symptoms and insisted that she had it. Now at 12 my sister is profoundly deaf, and her English is sent back but she has a cochlear implant and is alive.
This is horrifying O_O
Ikr
lol,yeah
Reg3e yeah. Imagine constant pain 24/7 and not being able to handle sun at all!
@@drunkenslav2334 Welcome to Lupus
Ikr
I watched this because my friend passed at age 24 due to bacterial meningitis. One day he was here, the next he was gone. It was surreal. I didn't understand the disease at that time but I knew it was horrific. Be careful, everyone. This is one of the scariest diseases I've ever seen.
I'm sorry for your Lost Bridget. Can u tell me when abd where did ge get sick. What do u think he touch?
@@meifennellysieu7510I'm really sorry to hear that. I can't imagine the pain seeing that. I hope you are doing better.♥️
I had meningitis when I was going through my battle with leukaemia. I don’t remember any of it though as I was very young. I was on chemo therapy at he time, so my immune system was just an open gate to any bacteria. I’m so thankful for our NHS in the UK that I’m here today 😊 I now have short term memory problems either from this or the fungal infection that I had in my brain. Either way I’m still kicking so can’t complain!
Wow, you have been through a lot. That all sounds very scary! I'm glad you've made it through! God bless ❤️
Stop lying
@@lethalfire6247 anyone thats had a life experience past what you can comprehend means theyre lying? go play with some grass what are you 12? well your name is "Lethal fire62" so im going to assume so
my coworker died because of this disease, it's so heartbreaking to see her health's gradually deteriorated by this until the end of her life
Extra reading; there is no single 'meningitis bacteria'.
Bacterial meningitis is caused by many organisms including but not limited to:
Streptococcus pneumoniae (gives rise to pneumococcus meningitis and is commensal in a significant minority of people's throats), Neisseria meningitidis (gives rise to meningococcal meningitis, typically presenting with the non-blanching rash), Haemophilus influenzae (The B serotype gives rise to aggressive, preventable meningitis), Listeria monocytogenes (typically only affects pregnant women, neonates and occasionally the elderly) and Group B streptococcus (neonatal and elderly meningitis) and atypical causes like E.coli (which can come from a septic UTI)
There are vaccines available for MOST of these bacteria (PCV, MenACWY + B, HIB vaccines), but not ALL (Listeria, group B strep, E.coli and a myriad of other atypical causes, not even including viral, fungal and protozoal causes like naegleria fowleri).
Additionally, you may not be up to date with your vaccines, each is designed for a different 'serotype' of each bacteria (N.meningitidis has 5 in A, C, W, Y and B that you can vaccinate against), and depending on when you received it, you may not have full coverage, as some are newer than others.
TL;DR,
1. Antivax is irresponsible and misguided, so don't be unknowingly complicit in it.
2. Track down your vaccination transcript and make sure you're covered.
3. Don't gun to get the pitchforks if someone has meningitis, many people will develop it from causes outside of vaccines coverage.
Steve Wozniak Thank you!!!
Nerd
I was wondering about that! Thanks for clearing that up. They should have been way cleared in the video!
@@shiningstarlight1831 and you’re on a Ted Ed video
@@hieutruong7456 😂
Now the Saudi government have made it mandatory to be vaccinated if you you're going to the Hajj 👍🏻.
*_anti-vaxxers triggered_*
lmao
The best decision they made in a century
@jokar jokar maybe, but there was something called the golden age of Islam
@jokar jokar well you don't know all the decisions they had to make
I actually was in the intensive care unit last year around Christmas because of bacterial meningitis .. I was sedated for three days. The doctor said if I came 1-2 hours later I would have been dead. It’s a miracle that I don’t have any permanent damage. It took me like 2 months until I fully felt like myself again ... this disease came so fast and i had no clue until I saw the red spots on my arms and started googling. After that I rushed into hospital where I’ve been treated totally wrong after I already mentioned meningitis. I lost my consciousness and I woke up three days after in another hospital (thank god!). I’m so thankful the doctors reacted so quickly in the other hospital ..
there are a thousand different causes for symptoms and it is always a gamble what to check or treat first, without more context I don't see whats wrong
The nurse was pretty unprofessional and unfriendly and didn’t take me serious. The first hospital was a pretty small one without a neurological unit. But it was the nearest and I was panicking to get this cleared out as fast as possible. They left me for hours in a room and just gave me painkillers before they finally decided to call the other hospital. They could have done this way earlier.
Not the first time the hospital does not take people seriously for meningitis. There were already several deaths in the UK because doctors usually don’t believe a person is infected with it.
Sure, you can get to a hospital ASAP, but you have to be lucky to get medical staff who will put an effort to save you...
Same like happened with my brother too. He was treated wrongly in the hospital but thanks a doctor who found the root cause & treated my brother accordingly. He is now normal & enjoying his life happily. Btw he had tuberculosis meningitis.
Thats totally wrong, but these symptoms can be seen in hundreds of disases.
My dog had meningitis a few Christmas' ago; Probably one of the scariest things ever because she went from a completely normal dog, to having pain and extreme sensitivity to touch and wouldn't eat(normally, she's a bottomless pit when it comes to food). Luckily the vets were able to save her! I don't know what I'd do without my lil pup!
My dog also had it around Christmas...7 years ago now. Sadly, she passed away.....😭
That is terrifying. I'm glad the vets were able to help her!!
@@whiskersistersofficial2698 Dogs can't get meningitis, the bacteria is only hosted in the human nasal and throat area
On October 15th, my brother was diagnosed with an sinus infection. he got very sick. we rushed him to the hospital one day and they told us we had to get surgery. He was terribly sick. He was very close to getting meningitis, if left untreated you could go deaf. either way, we had a risk of my brother going deaf. because the surgery was a bit risky, and might damage something in his ear. November 11th 2016, 2:36 pm, my mom rushed into the waiting room telling us the surgery went smooth with no complications, and he was going to be fine :)
Cool story bro too bad it’s all lies
@@lethalfire6247 dude stop and think about what you are doing with your life.
@@Kaslidaughterofchaos I’m doing better with my life than someone who posts a fake story on TH-cam for attention.
She is not doing her job and she is Sting
I'm glad my parents aren't anti vaxxers
Mine were. But I've made a conscious effort to have my 2 babies fully vaxxed . Because science
Vaccination should be the choice of the government not the parent
Same i got the shot i think
Lucky
@OwOPooFs You are a weird sicko.
I don’t get how people can be anti vaxxers, i crapped myself watching this.
my parents were anti-vaxxers but when my dad died I tried to convince my mum to get my siblings and myself vaccinated and we still aren't i'm really scared we might get something incurable
@@emmahart9186 break free from your house
@@emmahart9186 jesus christ get vaccinated
Emma Hart Once you turn 18 you can get vaccinated without your parent’s consent, so you can wait until then if you want. Or you could try to show your mum some proof and studies that show vaccines are safe.
Sarah Misraoui Or they can just be healthy and not get sick. Easy fix, no vaccination needed, and no needing to go to a hospital where people sneeze on everything in sight.
Quick action DID save my life. I had meningitis when I was 30 days old and it left me with a bit of a learning disability for which I have learned to compensate and left me permanently 100% deaf in my left ear. Most of the time, this doesn't cause me issues aside from not being able to tell where noises are coming from and issues with wearing headphones where a stereo signal to only the left ear doesn't let me hear everything.
Had to watch this video to learn more about the disease that helped mold me into the man I am today.
You should be happy for yourself man
I got 41 celsius almost 42 celsius fever when i had i think meningitis
That’s sad
I'm a bad person but the part at 1:32 killed me because of how the guy casually walks in a cherry mood around while infecting everyone.
no need to to say " but "
1:20 killed me, dude coughed in his face and then kissed em.
I had meningitis I literally was down for 2 years in indescribable pain. My brain was on Fire. I couldn’t do anything and was lucky to have survived the attack. Then the rebuilding began. You have to build néw pathways in your brain because of the damage and rebuild your body because of muscle apathy. Took another 2 years to get back to normal. Then you have to rebuild your finances that are completely destroyed after an attack like that. I made a full recovery by the Grace of God because I never thought I would be the same again.
Thank You God and all of your Angels from the bottom of my Soul and heart.
Thank You.
when your country has the no Anti vaxxers
Because all of them died
Yoyle 0340 good riddance then
Anti vaxxer’s children. They’re still alive
a potato with some subs not for long they ain’t
Lol
Good. -Charles Darwin.
Had it when I was 16 years old. Meningitis type B to be specific. Realized it after 3 days leaving me paralysed on the left side. 2 years later I kinda got back to normal life but close case
Ok
And after two year ,had your left body side get cure like normal as before?
Stop lying
@@lethalfire6247 anyone thats had a life experience past what you can comprehend means theyre lying? go play with some grass what are you 12? well your name is "Lethal fire62" so im going to assume so
My big brother got this when he was 1 years old. This was back in the early 1990s. They had to use so many experimental drugs on him, he survived, but hes deaf now with one cochlear.
As someone who spent a week in the hospital because of meningitis, I can tell you this desease is no joke. Do all that you can to prevent it. The results of it are heartbreaking.
My mom survived bacterial meningitis as a 7 day old. She was rushed to the hospital on Xmas eve. She survived because my grandmother had read an article about other babies that died in the hospital. The baby had an autopsy and they found out. So my mom got treatment because of grandma’s diligence. This was back in 1955, she got it in the hospital maternity ward.
Another reason to be an introvert😂
Being an introvert is different from being a hermit. You can exclude yourself, but use proper terms :D
Mariana Goulart you must be fun at parties, unless you're a hermit
Depression 100
Lol 😂 I can connect
Yeah.
I ❤️ TED Ed... Very very informative and helpful channel!! Best education channel ever! 👍
As much as I agree it is very imformative and helpful, I cannot say it is the best - it goes well along with kurzgesagt. I love them both! I am liking almost every video from both channels
@@algirdasnausedas324 Yes, kurgezagt is indeed a very good and informative channel too
you must have never heard of kurzgesagt then
@@ThereforeIAmHim what do you mean?
Algirdas Nausėdas im saying that kurzgesagt is better than ted ed. ted ed is still great though!
In the name of humanity, if you are an anti-vaxxer, I would recommend you to start studying medicine and stop believing new-age blogs.
this!
@Fanghorn Bilers there was one scientific paper stating so in a prestigious journal a few years ago. Later, that paper was proven to be a falsification, and the author was ostracized, out of the scientific community. However, the antivaxxers clung to that fake paper, and it is their main argument.
Comment this of facebook
New Age Blogs???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Yeah the role of vaccines along with other risk factors for ASD such as genetics predisposition, advanced parental age and other environmental factors. Vaccines have perhaps received more scrutiny that any other speculated cause of ASD, but the great majority of scientists , physicians and health researchers have come to conclusion have that there is no association between vaccines and autism.
Survived this in 1994-1995 whilst I was merely a few years old
My parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents remind me to this day how lucky I am to be alive. The reason being that in those days, particularly in third world countries, medical care was not as advanced
I had a cousin who unfortunately passed away from meningitis back in 2019. 😢 May God bless her. She had small headaches and sensitivity to light, so we all thought that she was having migraines. However, her condition worsened over a few days and more serious signs appeared. Within two weeks, she passed away. Despite having taken her to the best hospital in our area, they couldn't save her. Hopefully less people go through this. What a terrible disease.
The soundtrack for this video should be in an horror movie.
Or a horror game
ikr
I must've been lucky when I got meningitis when I was 6. Survived and only lost hearing in my left ear. Didn't know it was this threatening.
Dude. Damn, hopefully ur ok now. I feel so goddamn bad. 😌
Stop lying
@@lethalfire6247 anyone thats had a life experience past what you can comprehend means theyre lying? go play with some grass what are you 12? well your name is "Lethal fire62" so im going to assume so
Please make a video about why people believe conspiracy theories, but that's all it takes for an entire generation of children to get sick
Star Cherry conspiracy theories become conspiracy facts once irrefutable evidence is gathered. It's that sliver of truth purposely shrouded in bs that'll easily deceive those not intouch with their in(ner)tuition, & Secrecy prevents us from understanding the totality of the conspiracy
What do you mean “an entire generation?” Vaccinations are more common today and anti-vaxxers are uncommon.
@@rust44 It doesn't matter if most get vaccinated. All it takes is one non-vaccinated child to infect the masses. In that sense, it can be true that an entire generation of children can get sick due to a very small number of anti-vaxxers.
How tf does that correlate 😑
Get a view from an anti vaxxer
I had meningitis when I was 15 and it first started with a really bad headache and vomitting. Then I was in and out of conciousness the whole night until my family decide to call an ambulance at dawn. I was almost helicoptered to the hospital but due to weather I couldn’t be. I was in the hospital for 6 or 7 days but luckily I had my two brothers and grandma home to get me help. I had a 105 fever and I remember waking up and not being able to move my head due to stiffness in my neck and headaches. Luckily, I’ve had no problems since and I’m very healthy now 😇🙏
Hi was it bacterial
I'm pretty good with pain, but when I had viral meningitis it well exceeded my pain threshold. The pain was unbelievable, fortunately for me viral meningitis isn't generally deadly.
My grandmother caught meningitis as a child in England during WWII. A German doctor administered the new treatment and she quickly recovered. While putting national barriers and politics aside, he saved her life. She’s turning 90 this year.
I'm happy I live in a time were we have vaccines for diseases like these.
Fanghorn Bilers a better question is why do people think autism is worse than it really is
@@sirspirant4016 Better question is why do people think death is better than a lifetime dissability
That's why a lot of history readers or writers answer to the question I would like to live in our time as normal guy rather than a king in medieval times.
@@sirspirant4016 although autism isnt like downs dont go around acting like its perfectly normal and doesnt cause many a problem depending on the level the said person is at
@F B its all the plurals
thank you Ted Ed -- i don't want to leave my house forever now
Did you get a vaccine?
Oh you wish
this did not age well
@@adityaroshanpatro9861 ikr coronavirus
The "spreading it without knowing it and not having any symptoms" bit is what's so dangerous and why it is crucial to get vaccinated and wear a mask when in close proximity with other people. This equally applies to the coronavirus we're experiencing now. Do it for others too, not just yourself.
the right wing doesn't care. they'll kill you and your whole family before they'd let themselves be slightly inconvenienced
Masks are meant to protect other people from you, if everyone doesn't wear it especially the person who's spreading the disease then everyone is still at risk.
Everyone should always wear masks, even if there's no epidemic but there truly are stubborn people in the world and we can only accept our fate when it comes to us. Stay safe.
@@seurn7801 It's too bad that we can't SEE viruses and bacteria. I have a feeling that a lot more people would be wearing masks and washing their hands more frequently if that were the case.
1987: Menginitis time.
2020: Corona time.
But China-19 is only dangerous to old people, and majority of people think it’s the end of the world
@@2kmichaeljordan438 That's still bad, and there is a new mutation which is more dangerous and originated in England, it's knowns as VUI-2020/01
@@2kmichaeljordan438
You go ahead and say that when you’re 70, a massive pandemic occurs, and people refuse to take precautions because “it’s only people like you who will die.”
@@dabigcheezprod I doubt by the time I’m 70 there’s gonna be a massive pandemic. Have a member of the family or a healthcare care worker take care of you, or stay away from the people not following precautions. Stop acting like Covid is the end of the world. It’s not, not even close to it
@@2kmichaeljordan438 I know. Besides that, nobody is holding a gun to the vulnerables' heads and forcing them into large crowds. I'm pissed off that the vulnees are forcing their lifestyles and paranoia on the rest of us.
I almost died of meningitis when I was a kid. I remember that everything around me was going dark, and the light was hurtful to see... horrible experience, and luckily I recovered just fine. Modern medicine is amazing
2015 was a sad year for me. I had this splitting headache for one week continuously... i went to some hospital and they just diagnosed me with anaemia. Days later the pain was unbearable, i thought i was seeing my last days. Went to another hospital and this time they told me it was meningitis and started treatment immediately. My life has never been the same again.
@@scintilla1_1 do you have ?
They could've included more info on the viral and bacterial type
Something like that would need at least a 1h video. So many pathogenes can ignite meningitis in a wide variety of mechanisms. But yeah, I would have enjoyed that as a "quick" review
Maybe they could make a separate video?
They also left out "noninfective" meningitis which is the scariest of all- no vaccine will help, and you can get it at any time for no known reason at all.
Bacterial is so much worse in every way it's not even worth mentioning the viral kind because it's so treatable, and after affects don't compare to bacterial
@@252wmh You have it backwards- a bacterial infection can be positively treated with antibiotics. (the first line definitive treatment for bacterial meningitis is large doses of IV penecillin.) The treatment for a viral infection is supportive, as antiviral drugs tend to slow down viral reproduction but don't do much in terms of killing the virus. However the tradeoff is that there's no such thing as a "vaccine" for a bacterial infection because of the fact that bacteria can mutate their DNA relatively quickly during mitosis- whereas viral DNA is more stable with the exception of certain classes of viruses such as retroviruses- which are RNA only.
I am so glad that my sister survived meningitis at 6 months old with no ill effects. We were so blessed that we had such great hospitals, and care, and that she caught viral meningitis, not bacterial. So scary how quick this can kill.
I've just been released from Hospital just having meningitis, never been so scared and lost before, definitely made me appreciate life a lot more
My daughter has it know. How long were in the hospital ? What should we expect? Im so worried
@@donyad9321 I was in hospital for over a week, I'd say after leaving is when you need the most support, just in my case I still have headaches and struggle to walk, Hope your daughter recovers x
My brother's teacher got meningitis and self-diagnosed herself based on severe headaches and a stiff neck. She had her husband drive her to the emergency room, where she waited 4 hours before seeing a doctor. The doctor told her it was just a migraine, but she insisted on a spinal tap. They reluctantly agreed, and the results came back showing severe meningitis. She survived thankfully because of information like this, and I am so glad that videos like this are informing others.
I had meningitis when I was 6-7 years old And I could barely remember anything that time but I was in pain, and I also remember getting mad at people who talk because I could hear them as LOUD and I always ask the lights to be dimmed. Well thankfully I survived and I stayed at the hospital for like 1-2 months, and I consider this as my 'second life'. And I didn't even know that my body was experiencing this years ago as I didn't understand anything that much b4.
I turned 16 recently and got my first vaccine for this two days later. Getting a booster shot within the next 2 weeks as well. Vaccines are important and even as a child I knew that. I would cry, but if someone asked me if I'd like a shot, I'd reluctantly agree because I knew it was good for me. Parents do what they think is best for their kid, but sometimes forget kids are more educated about what they want than their parents think.
Not vaccinating ur kid isn’t what’s best for ur child
2:25 my brain when trying to take the math test I studied for days
My friend had meningitis for a very long time. Last week she had a cardiac arrest at 25, was in coma for a week and passed away yesterday. I never really had realized the severity of this disease.
The video is damn creepy if you listen with headphones😱
good sound design😌
Ikr I'm watching this at night and I'm tempted to then my lights on
The background music was so intense.
Its creepy regardless
Needs more Plague Inc music.
*The animations are dangerously good!*
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I work in admissions at my university and even if the student is all good to go, they can not registar for classes if they do not get this shot. And what's really sad just as of this past year, more and more parents and their kids are getting turned away cause they just refuse to take it.
I mean it's necessary cause who knows what might happen
I just recovered from meningitis. Since I am in health care I knew what it was early on and got myself treated.
- most intense headache all over the head, fever, very stiff neck
Check if you‘re able to put your chin on your chest. If it hurts or you‘re unable to then go see a doctor. If your hips and knees automatically flex when someone passively moves your neck, this is called the brudzinsi sign. There‘s also the kernig sign. Education and listening to your body is key ❤
My grandfather was really lucky, all things considered, with his meningitis. He was in a coma for the better part of a year and the doctors had to install a shunt in his head to drain excess fluid. The doctors reckoned that his survival odds were not that great and he would have severely reduced motor functions. Thankfully, 6 years on he has made a strong recovery. His age has done a number on him, but he can walk unassisted again, climb stairs and just live. We got really, really lucky.
Thank you very much for your kind information.....
*Nat Geo and Discovery have left the chat*
Infographic show is on with Ted at describing strange and rare disease.
Why have they left? I don't get it
@@RPDBY
its a meme that means that nat geo and discovery dont approve of or agree with this video, therefore they are "leaving"
Audrey and Remington
I don’t know really, I only understand the saying
Malishah 49 this doesn’t make sense lol
Why is "risk of amputation" a so commonly used phrase? It makes it sound as though body parts just spontaneously fall off as a direct result of the disease (which rarely happens with some diseases, in which it is called "auto-amputation"). "Amputation" isn't the risk, it's the treatment. "Risk of tissue death in the limbs, necessitating an amputation in order to prevent the death of the patient" is more accurate.
Because they are at risk for getting limbs amputated due to their limbs dying off. I've already seen a few people on TH-cam with quad amputations because of that so yes, it is a huge risk. You don't think the average person can figure out what they are talking about. Do you honestly think people are thinking they mean their arms random fall off.
i mean its called risk of "amputation", not risk of limbs rotting and falling off.
When I was in nursing school, 2003, an entire family had meningitis. Mom, dad, and 4 kids. Kids caught it somewhere and brought it home. I remember the chin check. If you can touch your chin to your neck and have excruciating pain it's a symptom of meningitis.
Got to see many spinal taps those weeks.
They all made it out ok tho ❤🎉
I what both meningitis and encephalitis at the same time from a mosquito bite. It all progressed so much in a day. That evening I was taken to the hospital. I don’t remember much but I had a seizer and slipped into a coma in which they kept me in. It’s a very scary sickness. I’m grateful for my outcome. I was not supposed to be alive today.
My dad has always been super over protective of me and my older sister. He would go above and beyond to make sure we were safe. He raised me and my sister really good and now we know how to be safe outside the world thanks to him. Well one day my dad and I were fighting bcz I told him to leave me alone and I was tired of his overprotective crap(i appreciate it but he just passes the limit. Ik he loves us) I screamed at him why he was so overprotective. Then he told me...
(I have one older half brother who I so very much love) My older half brother had almost lost his life at just 9 months old to meningitis.(I never knew) It was a very long recovery for my brother and it broke my dad. My dad had no control over it and blamed himself it. He made it a mission to make sure nothing ever happens to his future kids. (This was about 13-14 years before I was born) I kept my mouth shut after that.
I love you Dad & Danny
Dude I just borrowed a toothbrush. You’re scaring me.
That's why I buy them in packs.
BURN IT, BURN IT NOW
urgh
Omg who does that lol
Pepe idk I’m a weirdo
Apparently I had this when I was 1. Almost didn't make it. Prayer and faith in the medical system have me here today
One of those people who attended the Hajj حاجّ was my aunt, and she even died at the young age of 47 because of it 😢. We couldn’t get to a hospital in time, and she died in her home 18 hours later. I hope that nobody else follows her path too.
In 1980 I got meningitis from a boy who bit me at a Air force Base daycare they didn't wash the bite wound out. I was found on the floor in a fetal position foaming at the mouth and already in rigamortis. I was dead and my mom took me to the ER. They revived me and then didn't know what sickness I had. My mom was so mad with the incompetent doctors. All I remember was going in and out of consciousness and my mother screaming at the doctors to hurry up and find out what was wrong with me. I was wondering why I had foam on my mouth too. Well that was so long ago and the only thing that was a long lasting problem from it was I'm tone deaf. I can't hear low tones. I always say I can't hear men. Lol. I hope nobody else gets this horrible sickness.
Now tell me why I read the thumbnail as “Why is meningitis so danceserious?” and literally thought that the people in the thumbnail were dancing.
I had meningitis in 2014 and it nearly killed me. I could barely walk for a month or 2 afterwards and felt hung over for a very long. I also remember the pain being so intense from swelling of my brain that morphine did nothing for my pain
I had a slight headache before watching the video.
Thanks for making me feel uneasy for the rest of the day.
In 2020, I was alone at my dorm and had a very high fever for 5 days straight. My family was worried sick, and I kept putting them off and said it was just a fever. I was puking every 30 minutes on the 5th day. Someone called an ambulance in my behalf, and I was rushed to the ER. that’s how I found out I had meningitis. Had that person not call the ambulance on me, I might have been dead.
I also did experience super sensitivity to light and sound. I was experiencing hallucinations. It was scary at night. It felt like I was living a nightmare. I’m thankful to that person who called the ambulance on me.
I had viral meningitis when I was a teen. The feeling of my brain swelling inside my skull was the most painful thing I've experienced.
I have cholesteatoma in both ears (they’ve been removed and I have implants for my inner ears bones now). My doctor said I’m at an increase for meningitis infection and now this video has been doing the web md panic. I’ve noticed for going on weeks now I’m my eyes have been more sensitive and the back of my neck stiff. And I don’t think I’ve gone a day without a headache or overstimulation in a while. Thanks for the video. Good thing I also just got insurance
Feel sorry for you. Take care. You will overcome this 🙂
Good news is that if these symptoms have been going on for weeks, your chance of them being caused by meningitis is tiny. Take comfort in the fact that meningitis move really fast- you’d go from fine to really sick in a matter of hours, days at max, not have a slow burn for weeks. That said, you should definitely see your doctor to get these symptoms checked out- they’re not good signs, even if they’re not indicative of meningitis in your case.
I had Meningitis at just 6 weeks old. December, 32 years ago. My parents were told to expect the worst but I pulled through and I was released from hospital just 12 hours before Christmas Day. Unfortunately 6 weeks later I was back in the hospital very unwell and the Doctors diagnosed me with Hydrocephalus. The Meningitis had basically killed my meninges; the meninges drain fluid from around the brain, so now my skull/ brain was filling with CSF. I was fitted with a Shunt to artificially drain the fluid (I’ve had this changed quite a few times). I have mild brain damage from the meningitis and so many surgeries. I have 3 other Neurological conditions. But I survived!
1987: Meningitis
2020: CoVid19
Here is a quick note, After the outbreak Saudi Arabia decided to make it mandatory to take a vaccine for the pilgrimage (Hajj) or the lesser pilgrimage (Umrah) against meningitis. Even I got vaccinated against it when I went on a lesser pilgrimage and it lasts about 5 years or so.
i had meningitis as a baby in 1999, luckily i survived with no major hearing or vision loss and just the occassional migraine now. thankful to my mom and dad and all the nurses and doctors who took such good care of me for the time i spent sick. ❤️🙏
I had bacterial spinal meningitis on my first day of 4th grade. Woke up with a headache, my neck got extremely stiff throughout the school day where if I look down or turn my head any direction I would have major pain in the top of my neck/spine. I also noticed my high sensitivity to light at that point. I went to the hospital, got a spinal tap, and I was positive. They rushed me into a room then they put me in a medically included coma. I think I was in it for a week or two. Not entirely sure. I remember it being tough to get out of bed and try walking again, but I got further each time I went for a walk.
This vid was horrifying but the end was comforting.
I had a seizure as a 1 year old. I asked my mam about it a few years ago and she told me it was because I has meningitis. It blew my mind how she said it so casually
I had bacterial meningitis when I was 13, I'm 21 now, and every day I remember the horrors. It's sad.
I had bacterial meningitis at 5 months, I survived without getting any limbs or body parts removed as I keep being reminded i'm very lucky but back then when I was young and got cured I never thought it was such a big deal. So I am happy that I can live normally and I feel so bad with people that died or survived but tooken a limb off. As if anyone that has had meningitis I hope you all survive.
After waiting 12 hours in the ER and asking my doctor if. I could leave, hearing "actually if you leave, you might die. I have to admit you for meningitis" that was the scariest moment of my life I swear.
Just started speculating on how many people were like "this illness can't kill me cause it's fake!"
The effect and background sound is satisfying to hear :')) love Ted Ed!! 🎉
My little brother caught bacterial meningitis. He’s very lucky to be alive and well because he almost didn’t make it. So thankful for the amazing medical staff who treated him.
I had meningitis a very long time ago. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. So much so, that 20 years later, I find myself often thinking about it and coming back to these kinds of videos just to watch them. I think about that experience quite often. I guess because of how traumatic and painful it was. I'll never forget the African doctor who took care of me, and essentially saved my life around 20 years ago. God bless you, doctor.
My brother died of meningitis back in 1982. He was just a toddler. Growing up, my mom was always nervous about the disease coming back to claim another one of her kids. Whenever any of us 7 surviving kids had a bad headache, Mom would tell us to look straight up. I didn't understand back then but I guess this was testing for the neck muscle stiffness.
I had a brain hemorrhage at the age of sixteen (the third instance, actually, in a series of brain hemorrhaging that began at the age of twelve) caused by a rare brain arteriovenous malformation, which caused many of these symptoms, making it an elusive and difficult to diagnose illness. The doctors kept jumping to the conclusion that I had meningitis, which is fair, considering I basically had all the symptoms of it, but also frustrating for me because I knew deep down it couldn’t possibly be meningitis considering I’d had two previous episodes of the symptoms that would eventually go away until the next bleed in my brain. Anyway, I thought I’d share that, and I wanted to say: anyone with these symptoms should always seek prompt medical attention - it may or may not be meningitis but it could be something else!!
2:14 like a firewall hacker
Yeah
16 years ago I lost a 5year-old cousin to meningitis, she died in 2 days.
Sometimes just waiting to see "what is happening" can be the worst thing possible to do.
My brother had meningitis years ago, he was so lucky to only have a couple fingers amputated when they thought it might have to have been his whole arm. It could have been even worse though as the nurse that came to see him kept saying that it wasn't anything serious before he actually passed out due to his lungs nearly shutting down completely. A huge thank you to the other paramedic in the ambulance who quickly shut down the nurse who kept saying otherwise!