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  • After-effects and complications can happen with any type of meningitis but are more common after bacterial meningitis. The exact number of people experiencing after-effects is not known, but we estimate that 15% of sufferers are left with serious disabilities and many more will suffer a range of short-term or less serious problems. The length and severity of after-effects varies depending on the type of meningitis. For example, pneumococcal meningitis and meningitis in newborn babies are more likely to cause serious complications. Because viral meningitis is rarely life-threatening many sufferers can feel that their illness is taken less seriously and the after-effects they suffer are not always acknowledged. Recovery from viral meningitis can be very slow but is normally complete. However, sufferers can still get headaches, tiredness, depression, memory loss and concentration problems. www.meningitis-trust.org
  • I had spinal meningitis when I was 14 months old. My mother worried for years about my skull not fusing. I have a spot on my skull (near crown) that is often sore, but scans and images and x-rays show that it is properly fused. I also a spot on the left side above my temple that is very sensitive to touch-pressure. I have had a hard time getting in with a doctor who will help connect the dots (I move every two or three years and I have been under military health care my entire life). So, I have had to be my own advocate and my own investigator. As far as symptoms, I have balance problems, severe motion sickness and 20 years of chronic migraines. I beleive that these may have something to do with the meningitis, but I have yet to have a doctor declare that. I recommend doing alot of research on your own and, (no offense to my friends here at AnswerBag), I recommend going to WebMD, the Mayo Clinic site and John Hopkins site. Keep working to find a doctor who will sit down with you and evaluate your health as a total health history.

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