Meningitis: Search For A Cure (Medical Documentary) | Real Stories

[@amanda7263]

I had bacterial meningitis when I was 19, 18 years ago. My mom had viral when I was a child and recognized the symptoms. I am extremely lucky to have come out alive and with all my limbs and brain capacity after 3 days in a coma and 8 days in a hospital. I feel for the families and individuals who haven’t been so lucky. ❤️

[@BenSwagnerd]

I was less than 2 weeks old when I had meningitis and the doctors kept trying to tell my mom I just had an ear infection. I am so grateful every day that my mom fought for me - or else I wouldn't be here. So sorry to everyone in the comments who have lost loved ones due to this scary disease.

[@raquelpk2]

My little bro was 1 when he had it 23 seizures 2 heart attacks and 3 strokes because of tuberculosis and meningitis at the same time . He’s 28 now and alive and kicking it !!!

[@katherinebopp2021]

My grandfather died of meningitis in 1926. He was 28 yrs old. My Uncle also had meningitis and survived. The high fevers left some disability. He was three years old. I wish you success in finding a prevention / rapid cure.

[@hannah-ebonychristie-phill4592]

I must also add that my brain was damaged due to this disease and I sometimes think that having a learning disability like dyscalculia could come from this horrible disease, also the doctors who treated me 21years ago said that I wouldn’t survive and if I did I would be deaf, blind and have some form of learning disability and they even gave my parents a gown for me to wear if I did die, but I am thankful that I am still alive to tell my story.

[@suzankhachatryan8472]

I'm so glad that this disease is getting more awareness. I lost my 24 year old brother to meningitis a few years ago and it was astonishing how fast it happened. It went from thinking he had a regular cold with flu like symptoms to "I'm sorry but we don't know if he's going to make it" all in the span of about 48 hours. The moment we knew something was horribly wrong was when he kept losing consciousness and when I noticed an odd rash on his skin that I knew wasn't there even an hour before. It's frightening how fast it spreads and how fast you can go from being well to on the verge of death. More people should be made aware of this horrible disease and more funding for research to find a cure to make sure that nobody has to lose their life because of this disease again. Much love

[@anniegreenwind971]

I’m sorry for your loss. 💓

[@JTAThoughts]

On april 13th of this year I was rushed to the hospital and had viral meningitis. it was easily the worst experience of my life. I was in a coma for 6 days. Luckily I survived. scary scary thing.

[@anne-mariezack]

OMG,!

[@SeniorLux]

I am so glad to see this posted! In 2006 my 3yr old son Landan died from Meningococcal Meningitis here in the US. He is missed daily & we would have done anything we could have to prevent this! Sadly the US does not routinely vaccinate our young children for this, it's only available for "at risk" children.

[@shelbymiller6955]

Lacey Harris-Willoby I'm so sorry for your loss. They start vaccinating kids where I live at 11 or 12 and they get another booster at 16. I don't think it's like a mandatory immunization at least it's not for kids under 16. But as far as younger kids go the youngest they vaccinate kids are at 10 and that's if they are considered "high risk". Hopefully with science we soon will be able to prevent it. Again I'm very sorry to hear about your son I can't even begin to imagine what your family has gone through.

[@SeniorLux]

Shelby, thanks so much for your condolences, it means so much. I'm sorry my comment was so vague looking back. What I'd meant was we have no protection for our young children against Meningococcal Meningitis. Here as well children are vaccinated at 11/12 yrs of age, but if young children are the second largest at risk group (as per this documentary) then why won't the US government make it a mandatory vaccine for our children? So frustrating :( I know their is a vaccine available now that can be given starting at 8mos I believe, but again that is for "at risk" children & was voted to not be placed on the list of recommended vaccines. I had a second child since Landan's death & I pushed to have him vaccinated early at the age of 2yrs (at the time that is the earliest they'd allow) to ease our minds. Thank you again!

[@jeannybrown2024]

Lacey Harris-Willoby oh hunny I'm so sorry u lost ur son I mean I have herd of this but I never knew it was this deadly

[@therealesttothefullest6473]

Lacey Harris-Willoby I'm so sorry for your loss. May your beautiful little angel rip. I'm currently going to school to research diseases and find cures. I will do my best because no one deserves to die from this!

[@vdolce1403]

Lacey Harris-Willoby I am so sorry for your loss

[@loveadustup4440]

Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, pneumonia, 2 collapsed lungs, kidney failure, life support for 10 days and 7 full body blood transfusions. coma for a month, 6month in hospital, learned how to eat read write walk and talk again, and it’s left me with severe epilepsy and a transplant. This all happened to me when o was a healthy kick boxing athlete at 22. Devastated my life from that point on and I’m 40 now and still suffering the effects now. It’s no joke and I’m glad there’s strides being made against this horrific disease.

[@katiekat4457]

Wow. I am an RN that specializes with amputees and that is absolutely incredible if I heard the last girl right in saying that that was her first day with her new legs. It takes very hard work and a lot of time to be able to walk like she just did so that is so awesome for her. I am so happy for her. You guys have no idea how amazing that is that she is so naturally good at that. Maybe it's because she is young. My patients are usually over 50 yrs, a lot of times overweight, and caused by diabetes so maybe that's why she is doing so well. That is just so great!

[@ruthmansell3249]

That's my baby sister!!! 😊

[@thisboringgirlhere]

I had viral meningitis when I was around 6 weeka old and then bacterial meningitis when I was 20. I am so grateful I'm alive today and for modern medicine

[@zangolli1963]

my cousin got it when she was 3, critical, survives with no adverse effects, and is 53 years old today

[@emmawells888]

I survived meningitis when I was 8 years old.. It truly is such a scary and traumatizing experience. I still feel so blessed to have survived and I can’t even imagine getting it a second time. Prayers to anyone who has lost somebody close or has dealt with this disease.

[@stephenwarren5517]

I feel sad for the patients who died or lost fingers or limbs. It is a really shocking desease. When I was 17 I had meningitis and came very close to dying. In a coma for many days but I was lucky after a couple of weeks recovered. Then in 2010 when I was 52 years old I got Myelitos. I lost the ability to walk. But after 2 weeks in Hospital I recovered. I still had all my body functions. I am one of the lucky ones as I recovered both times. I wonder if other people around have had both myelitis and meninggitis. I have read other sites where people were not so lucky and ended up with disabilities or some functions not working ever again. Maybe I was unlucky to get both and lucky to recover.

[@laurieannfrew6649]

Please keep science knowledge coming my way it is so important to learn so I can help other help others.

[@stacey4u2luv]

Forget AI, trying to bring back species that have died off. If all scientists worked to actually do something to help people suffering from diseases it would be much more worthwhile.

[@hannah-ebonychristie-phill4592]

When I was born I contracted bacterial meningitis B and later on I also contracted septicaemia blood poisoning, I am thankful to God for saving my life. As a survivor of this deadly disease I do have challenges such as learning disability which makes me learn differently to my other pupils at college. To me being different as an individual is hard because individuals who have survived learn differently and yet we would love to be like everyone else, I am happy yet confused most times when asked questions which takes me a while to answer which makes me anxious. As a survivor I have learnt a lot about meningitis and septicaemia it has showed me the different types of meningitis and the stages. I hope that the UK will somehow find a cure for this disease and more information handed out to new parents about the disease.

[@desertgirl3374]

Hannah-Ebony Christie-Phillips you are a very wise and brave soul. Thank you for sharing your story. Remember that being different is what makes us all special. Keep your head up love! 🙏🏽❤️

[@hellosun8965]

You should thank to doctor and medical healthcare workers to save your life instead of God.

[@hannah-ebonychristie-phill4592]

@@hellosun8965, As a christian myslef who believe's in God who made me, I not only thankful for the doctors for all their medical help and support during the first few days of my life but if you saw in the first sentence of my comment I was a newborn who had contracted meningitis in 1997 so I have no memory of the doctors and nurses helping me but I know that they did and I am thankful. I am quite sad to think that people would think that I wouldn't thank the NHS who helped me. If I could go back to where I was born which was at the city hospital in Nottingham I would but I wouldn't know if those same doctors who helped me then would still be working there now.

[@hellosun8965]

@@hannah-ebonychristie-phill4592 I am an atheist. I just believe science. I think if God is existence, why the whole world is suffering right now? I wish you could ask God to eliminate COVID-19 so that we can live back to normal.

[@hannah-ebonychristie-phill4592]

@@hellosun8965, I am so sorry if what I said made you feel bad in anyway. I apologise I didn't know that you are an atheist, I will mention your request when I pray.

[@marycoleman6963]

My sister died at age 3 in 1968 from this. I was 4. I still remember.

[@saradalton6164]

I have had Viral Meningitis 4 timesI wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I am so very thankful it was never bacterial.

[@loism1965]

How do you get it 4 times? What are you exposed to?

[@machellelokersonvlog1273]

I had it twice! You are correct as I wouldn’t wish it on no one! 🙏❤️

[@lynne564]

I had meningitis when I was in my early 20’s. It hit me about 9 months after a horrific car accident where I broke my neck and my pelvis (3) places. There were no CT scans or MRI’s back in the 70’s Fortunately my father was an MD and recognized the symptoms! We were living about 77 miles apart and he drove down and scooped me up and put in the back seat and drive me to the hospital where he was on staff and he knew which one of the Doctors to treat me. I was very fortunate to have survived the car wreck then meningitis! I have said several times I would go through my injuries from the car accident than to go through meningitis. Prayers for those who have survived and those suffering right

[@RaymondNok]

I had meningitis. I survived. And then I had heat stroke, brain cancer, two heart attacks and now migraines. Yooohooo... I'm so lucky😳🤯

[@martinasikk6162]

You have had more than your share, I hope you stay healthy many years from now. 🇸🇪

[@izsoftie7283]

I to suffered with meningitis many, many years ago & lived 2 become a grandmother & great grandmother. My Dr passed away & never knew if I lived of died. I was 2 yrs old & still remember his face.

[@jeffreybiggs8990]

You rock my friend. Wish you well.

[@rebekahlikesmusic2723]

Damn dude you're a tank! God bless

[@angelwingstn3392]

Hope your doing well buddy!

[@JimiSurvivor]

When I was 7 I got encephalitis. At first it was like other sicknesses with vomiting, malaise and fever then all these symptoms got worse. I developed high fevers. For whole days my temperature stayed at 103-105 F. My mother and grandmother attended to me but I spent most of those hours in a sort of twilight zone of conscieousness, sleeping or half-sleeping most of the day. At times I could not sleep at all because the ticking of the clock, as I imagined it, hurt my head. When I got the energy I asked them to remove it. At one point, I woke up in an ice bath, which I did not want but I did not have the energy to protest. Later they told me that when my temperature reached 107 F I got delirious and started talking nonsense. Over the next week I got gradually better. When I went back to school and was carrying my supplies I felt unusually weak and shakey. It seemed like forever since I had been at school instead of only two weeks. Ten years ago when I got an MRI it was discovered that my 4th ventricle was greatly enlarged in comparison to my other ventricles.

[@juliethompson7248]

My son caught meningitis at the age of four. I didn't even know what meningitis was until he got it. He almost died. We were very lucky he did suffer some permanent hearing loss in his right ear but thank god he made it through.

[@bootsfarrow]

Julie Thompson glad that he survived, i had it as a infant. My family doesn't speak of the time at all. I can only imagine the stress you all went through. Your son is a strong young man, hope he is blessing many hearts with his presence

[@Immorpher]

Yes more science please!

[@jemikabates9038]

I lost my baby brother to this disease March 17, 1990; he was only 2 years old and I was 10..we thought he only had a stomach virus as he was complaining of his head and stomaching hurting.. as soon as he developed a fever we left walking to the hospital, got him there and he was airlifted from Mississippi to New Orleans only for my mom to be told that he had died before they airlifted him and doctors could not understand why they didn’t just pronounce him instead of transferring him.. changed my mom forever.. #NeverForgotten Tyrone💕💕💕

[@andylee5759]

Don't underestimate medical professionals stealing your children. Especially if theyre a medical anomaly. It's so disgusting. Also, they would never spend that much money to air lift when someone passed. It also uses up an extra resource for others with extreme medical emergencies as well. Something seems hella shady, but I'm ultra paranoid.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

This is such a great documentary - a very important issue! Thank you for helping at creating awareness!

[@natalieluders378]

My friend died at the age of 24 from meningitis here in Australia leaving her 2 year old son and husband I think of her often

[@bigboredthing]

Someone I work with is a victim of this terrible disease. It destroyed massive parts of her brain and caused her to become profoundly disabled. She now functions at the level of an 18 month old baby. Can't imagine how terrible that must be.

[@darkkisses1]

I had viral meningitis when I was 12. Fay is heartbreaking. I have a 5 month of my own and I'm bawling at work. Can barely watch her sweet little fingers/toes that have turned black with decay

[@angell5003]

It’s so non specific to the extent my child suffered frontal lobe brain damage and we didn’t know till years later when she was having strange behavior and behavioral problems.. Did a MRI and CT scan and she had calcification of brain matter in the frontal lobe.. Children’s hospital said it is consistent with a mild case of meningitis that was never diagnosed or treated at 4 yrs old (We did a pediatric records audit and realized she did have flu like systems during October of her 4th year)

[@witch6in6the6womb]

I am so sorry, Mama :(

[@anonymousandcool]

20:25 am I the only one horrified that health workers would stick ungloved hands next to one kid after the other kid taking throat samples to analyze for meningitis germs?????!!!

[@linaeloranova]

Indeed. look what we have become now with this covid, seems as though we needed a wake-up call.

[@anne-mariezack]

All of it is poorly edited.

[@anonymousandcool]

@@anne-mariezack yeah? They definitely edited gloves off of the health worker's hands at 20:30

[@andylee5759]

​@@anonymousandcoolI think they mean the edited cut job on the film. So you don't see if they washed their hands, or if it's even on the same day.

[@gauravnerurkar5050]

Highly informative yet a very heart-touching documentary compiled on such a devastating health disorder !!

[@priscillaescobar7256]

I love how the doctor taking care of Pauline tells her what he’s doing even though she’s unconscious, he just treats her with respect and since we hear so many stories about people in a coma coming back and telling how they could hear what was going on around them, I think this is so important!

[@mfraye12]

Yes, I was glad to see he did that. There are a lot of reports of people who had been in medically induced comas that say they remember hearing and feeling things while under. It's great that he considered the possibility that she might still have some (though lowered) awareness, especially when physical touch is involved.

[@PoeLemic]

I love seeing the girl at 47:50 ... She gives me a reminder that humans are capable of overcoming. Thank you for that smile. I need to see that. Sometimes, I doubt that I can overcome the challenges that I have, yet she makes me know that I can.

[@olliem9445]

Poe Lemic that’s my mum she is a bright lovely aspiring lady and she is healthy to this day

[@heatherbowlan9822]

You have the best documentary channel on utub , keep up the great work !!! ❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🇨🇦

[@tabbi888]

I had viral meningitis at age 7 and was in a coma for 3 weeks. I was part of an outbreak caused by some virus apparently, about 60 people got it one third died, another third were somewhat left with deficits. I was part of the third who recovered fully, it did take 9 months till I was totally ok though I was finding it hard to stay awake. My mum had to keep waking me just to drink , I still remember her giving it to me with a spoon.

[@camcam794]

I started crying when I saw that poor baby.

[@fasciolahepatica5464]

My father died from complications of Streptococcal septicemia last July 29, 2019 - 2 weeks before my birthday. He stumbled into the ER on a Friday, declared brain-dead 3 days later that Monday. He died at a hospital in Canada so getting his body back to the states took 52 days because of financial difficulties and international transportation regarding human remains. Canadian funeral homes are also closed on weekends so that didn't help either. Believe it or not, my dad was well preserved & we were able to have an open casket at the viewing on September 19, 2019. That was the first time I saw my dad in 10 years. His birthday was 5 days later. He would've turned 58.

[@Annaie1234]

Even though your father is gone, as his birthday is approaching within the next couple of days I hope you are doing well and are okay

[@jeffreybiggs8990]

This nurse is so beautiful.

[@shawnrufus7579]

Love this channel best docs on the net. Thanks @Real Stories

[@barbarahales4569]

My manager died from meningitis, she had been sniffling for about a couple of months. She was told repeatedly to go to the doctor. At some point the meningitis bacteria broke through her skin in her throat and into her bloodstream. She was 26 years old. We worked in together in healthcare, go figure eh?

[@melatoninqueen6914]

My uncle Bobby passed from Spinal meningitis at age 15 in 1962. My dad never got to know him as he was 3 at the time. If we had some sort of cure he may still be here.

[@erinnorwood6124]

I felt so bad to see how much the teen had lost...but then to see her walk again and how proud everyone was😅

[@19irving]

When I was in fifth grade, we went home for Thanksgiving weekend. When we returned Monday, we found out this kid Terry had died of meningitis. He wasn't even sick before the weekend. It freaked me out.

[@CMoore8539]

I had the worst type of Spinal Meningitis when I was two years old. It almost killed me. I remember hurting so bad until I wanted to give up fighting it but my Daddy wouldn’t have it!! He wanted me to get well. I was in the hospital for months. I finally pulled through it. Then my Father died in a car accident right after I got home. I still have abandonment issues but I’m here. I hate that illness! I hope they can prevent others from getting it in the near future. It took me years to relearn how to walk. It’s an extremely dangerous illness.

[@katiekat4457]

I knew meningitis could kill extremely fast but I didn't know about this rash and how you could easily lose your limbs or parts of them. I had never heard about that. I'm in America and I watch and learn about diseases all the time and I can't believe that I didn't know about this. I have even fairly sure i've read about Meningitis and although it might have mentioned the rash I don't remember seeing anything about the limb damage that it does. Also here, it is stressed about it being in your brain. I'm glad I watched this. They always stress the sore neck as being the key symptom.

[@kim-xn1qu]

Katie Kat generally words with mening have to do w the brain :)

[@erinnorwood6124]

Same. Never knew about tissue damage or tissue loss and in usa

[@notanotherfuckingnikki]

The purpura rash is only in meningococcal, there's petechiae (little red pinpricks) too in other strains but you never wait for the rash because not everyone gets it - there's over two dozen strains of bacterial meningitis and there's no exact symptoms that everyone has but you should look for a headache, fever/chills, confusion/cloudy thinking/extremely sleepy/hard to wake/other neurological deficit, stiff neck, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, sensitivity to light/sounds, seizures, joint and muscle pain -almost all cases will present with 2/4 of fever, stiff neck, confusion and severe headache and believe me the stiff neck feels like someone ran a cactus under there, you won't confuse it with a migraine because it doesn't go away... If the symptoms persist then YOU have to be persistent to your doctor or hospital because they will blow it off and assume it's a migraine or flu and no one is going to advocate for you. I contracted it and they literally laughed at me for over 7 months before giving me an LP even though I experienced compartment syndrome and rhabdomyolysis (known complications of meningitis).. it's been a year now and every single bone from my skull to my feet are infected and my organs are on the outside of my body and I'm TERRIFIED of going back to the hospital because I know they waited until there's nothing that anyone can do for me now and over 2 dozen doctors had so many chances to save my life but they killed me - on purpose and they laughed about it the entire time except for 1 doctor that tried getting me into the ICU but the next one that I was passed off to just couldn't believe it and thought it must be something else that looks like it 🙄

[@csh2155]

Great documentary. Thanks for posting.

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

I'm shocked at how many people In the comments have had this disease. Glad you guys survived 🙏

[@randar1969]

Ofcourse when you had this disease and escaped death, your going to look it up sometime on youtube to understand better what happened. I had it in 1969 when i was only 6 weeks old and your chance of survival was much much lower. I lost my hearing left side from this documentary i understand now better why.

[@thevandal4518]

why do children have to suffer like this WHY?its so heartbreaking to see the face of innocence its self suffering in ways grown men can't cope with and as father of four boys i in all honesty i know in my heart i would take the suffering away and give it to my self

[@Delphin-cy7wp]

I have an uncle that contracted meningitis when he was 8 years d back in the 1950s and he survived but he was neurologically damaged. He has the mentality of a teenager eventouh he’s in his late 50 s now it’s awful

[@carolinechurch5053]

I remember when I was 12 (2004) NZ had a Meningococcal B epidemic. Kids were vaccinated 3x that year. They eventually got it under control, but quite a few died. One brave baby, Charlotte, made the front page because they saved her life by removing all her limbs. She would be 18 now.

[@legerdemain444]

I was also 12 in NZ during the Meningococcal epidemic. I didn't know it was an epidemic at the time, I was just taught by my mother too look out for a rash and to tell her straight away. I knew she was scared. I thought the vaccine was newly discovered and a permanent routine vaccination, not just a tool to end the epidemic until I read your comment.

[@vegon.begone]

That poor baby girl. It was such a sweet moment when she was clearly in pain while being held by her dad, but she looked into his eyes and started to look so sweet and calm. It is awful anyone has to die like that, but why does it have to hurt babies. That's so heartbreaking. I couldn't imagine after giving birth, your baby is on life support. The post partum depression, the pain, the body shifting back are all hard enough.

[@vegon.begone]

I'm trying to visualize and comprehend how hard that would all be to cope with.

[@nurseruthie11]

As an Infection Prevention nurse I am surprised that even though they suspected meningococcal disease that no one is wearing a mask. Otherwise this is good information!

[@pucky8231]

Wonder if it is a reenactment? That is weird.

[@ronalddonner3396]

And the typical British Dr aversion to protective gloves.

[@LizHellsing]

Adults don't really catch this though, do they?

[@Rebecca-1111]

I thought that as well as the doctor was by the patients face looking in his pupils. 🤔

[@notanotherfuckingnikki]

​@@LizHellsingof course we do. I contracted bacterial meningitis a year and a half ago. There's 2 dozen strains of it, never wait for the rash!

[@CertifiedScaryGuy]

This made me cry.

[@markarca6360]

Meningococcal septicemia is also called meningococcemia. The bacteria that causes this infection is Neisseria meningitidis.

[@blindsey1043]

in nursing school they should show us this because this will help me to never forget the symptoms thanks for sharing God bless them and their families

[@pratibhasingh7684]

Thank you for sharing this !

[@kennethjanczak4900]

really good documentary.... thanks for upload and sharring

[@justcurious4060]

i survived!!

[@justcurious4060]

4 almost 5 days in coma ... i was three years old. I hate light, Loud noises and extreem sensitive of sounds high or constant the same ... ,, ect

[@justcurious4060]

and i can remember alot of it. like getting the fluid out of my back and later chest... hurt so bad... the medication .... . Belgium '71 ... crazy doctors!!

[@justcurious4060]

my vocalcords are forever ruïned, of all the screaming

[@miaumiau6014]

JustCurious omg that's gr8

[@miaumiau6014]

JustCurious that would be scary for a three year old

[@milagrosalvarez4438]

I absolutely love this documentary.

[@hotchocolaatteee8280]

I recently had the opportunity to be given the new B vaccine as a research study going around schools and colleges and I feel so lucky

[@LizHellsing]

I remember someone at our highschool visited New Zealand, and came back with Meningitis. Our whole school had to be vaccinated.

[@1984cuddles]

I am lucky to be alive after almost dying of meningitis when I was 3. I had a flu bug and when my neighbor came over the next morning to check on me she told my mom to take me to the Er that this was not the flu.

[@jewels964]

Sometimes that rash never goes away. My son father had it as a kid and had a rash on his leg just above his ankle and he is now over 50 and still has it . It looks what I think is the same as the day it happened maybe a little bit lighter.

[@courtneylee464]

8:55 wtaf why? she's still contagious! and not to mention the lack of wearing gloves.

[@fairychangeling8337]

God bless those who fight every day to save our children🥺💗👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️💌

[@susanhowe163]

PLEASE PRAY 🙏TO FATHER GOD ASKING 🙏HIM TO BLESS 🙌🙏❤ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEIR TIME AND PUT THEIR OWN LIVES IN THE LINES OF 🙏❤ DANGER PRAY 🙏FOR THE BABIES AND CHILDREN AND 🙏❤😢ALL VICTIMS WHO FALL .

[@literallyjesusbehindbars]

how about you donate some instead of praying for them. Godfreak

[@fairychangeling8337]

Wow. You need jesus.

[@shiarafigoni1464]

Lyme meningitis is very scary as well.

[@BLDalton85]

Lost my father on 7Dec17 to meningitis. He had a compromised immune system from injuries sustained in combat but he was still very young (58). Seems like the VA should have this vaccine and provide it to veterans eh? I didn't know there was a vaccine for even one type. Trying to learn all I can on it to best understand it and maybe help others if they fall ill one day. Terrible disease.

[@therealesttothefullest6473]

Open needle containers, no gloves? Great

[@janfilbeck6376]

That bothered me too! I sure hoped they at least washed their hands!

[@stefswatchinyoutubeagain4769]

I noticed that as well. It looked like they were giving the vaccine in England with no gloves either.

[@andresbottazzi5907]

Thank you so so much for this

[@zangolli1963]

My cousin had meningitis and survived. She was monitored for 20 years. She was 3 when she got it. Shes 52 now

[@dollymondo]

Poor baby. Scary stuff.

[@arliebattigbattig9726]

My son had meningitis when he was 20 months old....that was 45 years ago. He has just 2 scars on his ankles from the cut downs for deep vein intravenous...very lucky boy to have no other after affects

[@candiceblack86]

Have you ever seen a more impressive unibrow?!

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

Not to mention the creepy serial killer voice!

[@TheEmeliexx]

sounded like a woman...

[@Ninalynnr]

Emelie Peach 😅😁

[@BenSwagnerd]

Part of me is like "good for him, being confident enough to rock that unibrow for a documentary!" The other, more dominant part of me is like "if I knew I was being filmed I'd be waxing that shit."

[@KolorMeyellow]

after he shaves his beard, he looks in the mirror and thinks Yep! got rid of the unnecessary hairs, the brow stays.

[@kazkk_87]

The hospitals should be given extra funding to expand their research and hardware to be able to accept and handle more patients ; they should not struggle to keep up

[@joaniem5770]

I had bacterial meningitis about 2 yrs ago. What are the affects of meningitis after recovery? I’m 66 yr old. I almost died.

[@Elizabeth-so6zp]

Do we have a vaccine for all the types of bacteria B?

[@ravencroft6666]

I had meningitis at 9 months old. I have lasting Issues due to it. I have hearing loss, depression, seizures, memory loss, heart problems & many others. I had to have spinal taps and blood work for years after. I had to relearn how to talk and walk even recognize loved ones over again

[@talktalk2412]

Did Shawn micheals make this becuase its heart-breaking :(

[@julieannemichelle]

I don't understand why this patient isn't under quarantine. I had a very good friend who had sepsis and they had her in quarantine because it's very contagious and deadly.

[@witch6in6the6womb]

Sepsis isn't contagious. Things that cause sepsis can be.

[@alanbu5837]

Expanding on Tia Chia: Death wouldn't be contagious on itself, but things that cause death, like the spanish flu, can be contagious, but others, such as old age, aren't contagious. Sepsis is similar, it is a symptom, not the disease.

[@2davivadiva]

At 7 minutes “no one knows why or how they do it but sometimes it breaks through the lining of the throat” THISSSSSSS! spend more money and time on figuring out why! Why do most ppl live with that bacteria and nothing happens and a handful (in comparison to our population) end up without their limbs or worse....why??? This is the problem with symptom based healthcare they don’t address underlying issues just treat symptoms

[@boogiemonstermom677]

You would think that the people who don't get it possibly have special antibodies that keep it in check. Maybe these can be harvested and replicated in others to creat either a cure or an effective vaccine that could prevent this from ever happening. I replied very early, so forgive me if I'm repeating anything mentioned later on lol. Can never resist scrolling the comments while listening 😆

[@notanotherfuckingnikki]

It's most common in people who have a CSF leak. And then people who are in groups (dorms etc) and there's over two dozen strains of bacterial meningitis. This is just meningococcal but that's why we need to educate people. Especially doctors because they don't know that not everyone gets a rash 🙄

[@meirna777]

My God poor Faye!!!! :( :(

[@katiekat4457]

The risk is high in teenagers particularly when they go to university. It's thought that because they kids come from different places around the country and possibly some from out of the country that different strains that they are not used to they come in contact with. Neck ache is a huge red flag. Definitely more common at university though

[@AngelArgumedo]

I am baffled...why wont they use any personal isolation, not even gloves when doing eye fundus ...meningococcical meningitis is a contagious disease.

[@ksis86]

My coworkers husband died of meningitis last year. He was sick for a few days and the doctors told him he'd be fine but then he passed away the next day 😩

[@erinnorwood6124]

Oh I'm so sorry

[@notanotherfuckingnikki]

Yeah they told me I wasn't going to die that night when I knew I had it and walked in and told them I had it. The egos on some of these doctors is astonishing.

[@monstercontent5497]

My healthy 20 yr old daughter died from untreated meningitis

[@denisebaker4465]

My 14 yr old daughter got it,she was in acoma for a few days,,, she was very lucky,,she only got a few scars,and some weakened organs,,, my cousin died from it ,,,it is a bad illness,,,,

[@susanyoung6632]

20:45 I can’t believe these people aren’t wearing gloves when they take throat swabs. Unbelievable.

[@vdolce1403]

Omg nobody is wearing gloves!!!!!

[@arjenbet716]

V Dolce have a closer look... They are wearing gloves.

[@Mytommyj22]

Its killing me! Doc wash your hands and quit touching everything. Ugh.

[@veronicacroucher5910]

I had meningitis myself at church long time ago I was rushed to John hunter hospital emergency to stabilise me then went to picu at John hunter hospital spent many weeks in there now I am here today telling all about it

[@nickbeisner2229]

I was full septic and had to be med flown had the worst type

[@juliebear1505]

New Zealand was a meningitis hot spot. We had the worst infection rate per population in the world. Every year we had meningitis season. Children would be struck down from babes to teens. Children could be dead within 24 hrs. Every family in New Zealand knew a family that had been affected by this disease. In my case a baby at Playcentre who survived. But she was lucky it was caught in time. The country has now developed a vaccine. This is now a fading memory. The last child to suffer this who was four lost her ears, nose, hands and feet.

[@notanotherfuckingnikki]

Well there's also the Meningitis Belt in Africa...

[@janfilbeck6376]

I wonder if hyperbarric (sp?) chambers would decrease loss of extremities.

[@eloisedavy7167]

Jan Filbeck Could they manage hyperbaric with all the ICU equipment? It’s a good idea.

[@janfilbeck6376]

Well, I have worked in very crowded special care units so probably no. They would have to transport patients to a hyperbaric room

[@2davivadiva]

Jan at least you’re thinking outside the box! Def need more research for all of this. It’s not “common” per se but deadly and frightening for those who have been through it we need more research and different methods

[@notanotherfuckingnikki]

Yes they use it in certain cases especially when there's complications like compartment syndrome

[@Winter11158]

I hope they get rid of it for good

[@blueberry-ri7eb]

Looks like they don't believe in wearing gloves before they stick their hands in children's mouths.

[@marzemarcel9529]

No bandages for vaccines in the UK?

[@hotchocolaatteee8280]

We have band-aids, also the vaccine for meningitis B now exists and is accessible here

[@JosePerez-pj1qb]

Put the video at 48:50 let it finish and restart the video for ad free seeing thank me later 😁

[@susanhowe163]

PLEASE FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE, I'M TRULY NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE. BUT I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS DISEASE WAS STILL THREATENING AND KILLING SO MANY CHILDREN AND ADULTS. IF CAUGHT ON TIME, IS IT CURABLE? WHAT CAUSES IT? I FERVENTLY PRAY THAT GOD WILL CURE THESE PEOPLE AND FOR THE MEDICAL STAFF AND SCIENTISTS. AMEN.

[@ChinoX1172]

Dallas tx

[@lisettem.6241]

Chris 117 Hi y'all!

[@trentgay3437]

I barely made it through spinal meningitis as a 3 mo old unfortunately my family never told me much about it. Accept I spent 3weeks in the hospital just laying there my dad said I didn't cry much or anything. I'm named after the dr who diagnosed me

[@SerandibBroadcast]

can meningitis cause some mental issues, like ADHD and Bipolar?

[@spankyiskool420]

The Pilot wow good question. im wondering the same!

[@trentgay3437]

I had spinal meningitis at 3mo and have dyslexia I've wondered if there was some correlation for a long time.

[@RavingKats]

I had this as a kid and I was SO SICK. I don't remember a lot of it, this would've been early 90s and I think I was 6 or 7. I just remember I was so sick and my head hurt so much, light hurt so much it was intolerable, the fever was so hot. I think i hallucinated IIRC but maybe it was a fever dream I'm not entirely sure now. I think i was very sick from the fever with a bucket beside me for days but can't recall. I couldn't lift my head or keep my eyes open or drink on my own or talk. I remember my mom feeding meds into me though and keeping the blinds closed to try to black out the room. We never went to the hospital although probably should have. I think I spiked at 104.5°F if I remember my mom's rehashing of the story accurately. Scary stuff. I honestly feel like I might've been tranq'd tbh i remember so little of it but can recall other times i was very sick as a kid but perhaps that's just from the illness.

[@chellesama8256]

How are you sure that's what it was? If you had seen a doctor to be diagnosed you absolutely would have been sent to hospital. With such a serious disease hospitals can and WILL have parents legally blocked from taking the child out of care. Elders, too. I was on shift when a daughter took her mom (she had power of attorney) with Covid out of the hospital. We told told the patient (fully competent, poa had been from a serious illness years before and daughter wouldn't relinquish) to call for an ambulance if she wanted to return. She was clear that she was only leaving because her daughter would retaliate if she didn't. (Front desk hadn't even let the daughter past the desk, they found her so aggressive and alarming.) And then we called social services on the daughter for elder abuse and got the paperwork ready to block her access to her mom if mom returned.