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Girl, 1, who lost all four limbs and sight after ‘worst case of meningitis...
A BABY girl has finally been given the green light to return home after surviving a rare strain of meningitis that robbed her of her legs and arms.Kia Gott, from Bradford, has spent the last seven...
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Canary Islands holiday warning as bacteria outbreak leaves tourists at risk...
IRISH people heading to the Canary Islands on holiday are being warned to watch for the signs of a deadly bug.Thirteen tourists have fallen sick with the bacteria, which can trigger meningitis, blood...
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Make-up artist given £5k by Johnny Depp after losing toes to meningitis and...
A MAKE-UP artist lost her toes after a bout of flu turned out to be deadly meningitis and sepsis.The woman was working with Johnny Depp on the new Fantastic Beasts film when she became ill with...
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Teenager loses part of his leg and thumb after his parents mistook meningitis...
A TEENAGER lost part of his leg and thumb after his meningitis symptoms were mistaken for food poisoning.Mitchell Etherton, 14, was violently sick throughout the night after eating a bucket of fried...
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Little girl loses both feet after catching deadly meningitis from ‘SWIMMING...
A LITTLE girl has had both her feet amputated after contracting meningitis from “swimming in the sea”.Brogan Partridge was holidaying in Cornwell for her parents’ honeymoon when she was struck by the...
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Mum shares five-month agonising battle with meningitis after thinking it was...
LUCY DIXON called the NHS helpline over “a tummy bug” – then woke up a month later in hospital.After collapsing at home, the single mum, 39, was rushed to intensive care with meningitis. Her recovery...
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Family’s agony as boy, four, who fell ill on his first day of school dies of...
THE heartbroken family of a four-year-old boy who died of meningitis have released a picture of him critically ill in a hospital bed – as they revealed he didn’t get to attend his second day at...
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Boy, 4, who died of meningitis after first day at school missed out on...
A BOY who died of blood poisoning triggered by meningitis, missed out on a potentially life-saving vaccine, his heartbroken family has revealed.Alfie, whose surname was not release at the request of...
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Woman, 25, dies of meningitis days after being sent home from hospital...
A WOMAN died from meningitis just days after being sent home from hospital where her symptoms were mistaken for a panic attack.Sarah Cullen, 25, started experiencing numbness, slurred speech and...
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Don’t mistake symptoms of deadly meningitis for a HANGOVER, doctors warned
DOCTORS may be missing the symptoms of a new deadly strain of meningitis in young people, experts are warning.A letter from public health experts has warned that teenagers who have the disease could be...
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Deadly meningitis infects three times as many uni students – the signs you...
UNIVERSITY students are three times more likely to catch a deadly strain of meningitis, experts have warned.Meningitis B can be fatal in less than 24 hours if the bacteria enters the bloodstream to...
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Mum’s agony as daughter, 13, dies of meningitis just TWO DAYS after waking up...
A DEVASTATED mum has told of her heartbreak after losing her teenage daughter to meningitis and septicaemia.13-year-old Maisie Dicks, from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, died on New Year’s Day – just...
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Tiny 1lb 5oz baby who was born the size of a SYRINGE and nearly died five...
A BABY born weighing just 1lb 5oz has survived despite doctors telling his parents he would die on five separate occasions after contracting deadly meningitis and sepsis.Hanna Rose, 25, from Worksop,...
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Mum’s agony as daughter, 10, dies of meningitis after A&E docs said her...
A GIRL, 10, died of meningitis after doctors misdiagnosed her with an ear injection, her family have said.Abbigayle Dipietro died in hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US, after suffering a seizure and...
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Girl, 4, dies 24 hours after doctors realised tummy bug was actually meningitis
A LITTLE girl died just 24 hours after being diagnosed with a rare form of meningitis – after her symptoms were mistaken for a tummy bug.Four-year-old Evie May was acting like her “happy, normal self”...
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Brit Instagram model backpacker, 25, has emergency spinal tap as Thai doctors...
A BRITISH Instagram model had an emergency spinal tap as Thai doctors are struggling to diagnose her mystery illness that has left her stranded.Rebekah Fulton, 25, is currently in hospital in Phuket...
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What is meningitis, how do you get it, what are the signs and symptoms and...
MENINGITIS is often mistaken as the flu or even a hangover – but knowing the symptoms of the potentially deadly disease could save your life.Meningitis can affect anyone, but is most common in babies,...
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Baby boy left brain damaged after doctors ‘mistook meningitis for chest...
A BABY boy was left brain damaged after bungling doctors misdiagnosed meningitis — dismissing his symptoms as a chest infection, it’s claimed.The parents of 11-month-old Freddie O’Driscoll rushed him...
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Little girl struck by ‘worst case of meningitis’ defies the odds to see and...
A BRAVE tot who was struck by the “worst case” of meningitis that docs had seen has defied the odds to see and smile again.Kia Gott, 2, from Bradford, spent months in hospital battling an extremely...
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More than a million young people at risk of deadly meningitis – after NHS...
MILLIONS of young Brits have been put at risk of deadly meningitis after an NHS blunder meant that they didn’t get a jab reminder.A meningitis vaccine was introduced back in August 2015, designed to...
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