Meningitis

Meningitis: Hearing implant is a major cause

The cochlear implant is a special type of hearing aid that allows the profoundly deaf to function in the world – but it also causes meningitis, it’s suddenly been discovered. more »

Vaccine causes severe nerve damage

The vaccine designed to protect teenagers against meningitis can cause Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), a severe inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves. more »

Meningitis: Vaccine causes severe neurological disorder

Medicine is all about risks and benefits, and this comes into stark focus with the news that the vaccine designed to protect teenagers against meningitis can cause Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), a sev... more »

Meningitis c vaccine strikes again

I started a music degree course at Birmingham Conservatoire as a mature student (I'm 24) in September 1999. A month later, I had the meningitis C vaccine, as all the first year students had been ... more »

Meningitis after getting vaccine

I have a friend whose daughter died of meningitis, so when the meningitis C vaccine came out, I wanted to have it for my son, Euen, who was 20 months at the time. We went to the doctor to get the ... more »

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