Anyone here ever have a bout of menengitis?

[Nocturnal]

Menengitis can kill you overnight, right?

This guy has been coughing and coughing and wheezing for the past month now. I just woke up with a stiff neck and went to read about stiff neck. It says that it is a symptom of menengitis. Boy I'M going to be pissed of that guy has menegitis and decided to still come into work and cough on everyone around him. DAMNIT!

 

[CrackRabbit]

ATOT != Doctor

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Had the black plague a couple months ago. Took a little Robitessin and it cleared right up.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Had the black plague a couple months ago. Took a little Robitessin and it cleared right up.

LOL. Modern medicine I tell ya! What a wonder.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Preface: Go to a doctor if you're worried

Kill you in a night:
Bacterial - no
Viral - no

Bacterial meningitis is most common (70%) in children under the age of five, and occurs in black most frequently.

The classic symptoms are :
Preceding repiratory illness
Fever, headache, and stiff neck (classic triad)
Vomiting
Seizures
Impaired conciousness

 

[Modeps]

'Tussin cures everything... and if you run out, just put some water in the bottle, shake it up... more tussin.

 

[Nocturnal]

What is that virus or bacteria that can kill you over night? It feels like flu like symptoms and you can pass within a few days or even one night?

I was reading about it not only in Maxim but in a local newspaper as well.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
What is that virus or bacteria that can kill you over night? It feels like flu like symptoms and you can pass within a few days or even one night?

I was reading about it not only in Maxim but in a local newspaper as well.

Ebola?

 

[cyclistca]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Had the black plague a couple months ago. Took a little Robitessin and it cleared right up.

Wimp. Last time I had the plague I just sucked it up and suffered like a man.

 

[isasir]

A friend of mine almost died from meningitis. (Somehow caught it from a mosquito bite while camping).

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
What is that virus or bacteria that can kill you over night? It feels like flu like symptoms and you can pass within a few days or even one night?

I was reading about it not only in Maxim but in a local newspaper as well.

Sounds like inhaled anthrax. Woolsorter's Disease. Many things can cause death within 24 hours of onset, so I don't really have an idea.