I Need BIG Help. Fast. I Have Cystic Fibrosis and I’m Concerned I Might Have Meningitis?
So a little boy in my Nana’s block has meningitis. I didn’t go near him, or at least I don’t think I did, so we didn’t actually have any contact, but because I have Cystic Fibrosis, it makes it really easy for me to catch things. So, maybe, not having any contact with him wouldn’t even matter in the first place, right?
I’ve been taking severe headaches, and my mum and I thought it was because I was melting the chocolate from my Easter eggs and then just eating it. But then the next day, I didn’t do that, and I still had the headache, so my mum thinks that it’s just plain chocolate. Then in the mornings I feel sick, and I’m not able to take my tablets, I need to take them in the middle of the day because I just end up spitting them out my mouth.
My mum told me that Meningitis can kill you, and so I’m worried sick that I might have it, and because I have Cystic Fibrosis I feel like It would kill me before I had the chance to even realize that I had it. Am I just being paranoid? Or do you think I could have it? I’ll put a list of my symptoms below, in case it helps more.
Fever/vomiting (Don’t have this, but as I said, I always feel sick in the mornings)
Severe headache (Yeah)
Stiff neck (No)
Dislike of bright lights (I’ve always been bad with bright lights, but It’s not gotten any worse recently)
Very sleepy / vacant / difficult to wake (It’s always difficult to wake me in the mornings, because I’m stubborn, but that hasn’t gotten any worse recently either)
Confused / delirious (No)
Rash (anywhere on the body) (No, unless it’s on my back and I can’t see it)
Seizures (Definitely No)
I’m freaking out about this. It’s just in my nature to worry, also when you have other things to worry about (I’m in the very middle of my Standard Grade exams, and I have a life-threatening disease) so please, try and be sensible about this. I’ll appreciate any help I can get.
Last night while I was watching TV, I was sitting a little too close, and I had to keep turning my head around to see it. After a while, when I kept looking back and forth between the computer screen and the TV screen, it began to jump (kind of) in my vision and it started to really irritate my eyes. Is this just because of what I was doing? Or does that kind of fit in with the sensitivity to light part?
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If you didn’t have close contact with the boy on Nana’s block then you weren’t exposed to meningitis. What your mum told you is only 1/4 right. Bacterial meningitis can kill…if not treated promptly. Viral meningitis is rarely fatal. You don’t have meningitis symptoms. You could have found this out for yourself easily by running a search for “symptoms of meningitis” and saved yourself much wear and tear.
You might have a mild virus. The incident last night in front of the TV may have been due to eyestrain and I suspect this wasn’t the first time you’ve sat too close. Take it easy for the next 3-4 days. If this doesn’t pass (although I expect it will), have your mother take you in to see your doctor.
No…you do NOT have meningitis!
I don’t think you have got meningitis.
Just a virus, nothing like meningitis.
I would get check if I would you.
I’ve got CF, and when I was 6 weeks old I had meningitis, and its has damage some of my hearing.