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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to say, on the subject of meningitis, that kids living in college dorms are especially susceptible. And, it kills fast.  Two years ago we watched a healthy 19-year-old go from "I think I have the flu" to dead in a matter of hours.  He was taken to the ER when his skin started to peel.  He died a few hours later.  It was unstoppable by that point.[/quote]

I'm OP and I didn't know this about older people.  I'm going to guess that student had symptoms he didn't recognize for awhile first, right?  It takes time even for meningitis to develop, or are you saying it's possible to go from totally healthy to dead from meningitis in a day?  Also, people only usually die from bacterial meningitis, right?  Anyone ever hear of someone dying from viral, since there's no treatment for it except re-hydration?[/quote]

It was bacterial.  I know he had the vaccination.  It was very quick.  The poor kid cam home for thanksgiving break complaining of being under the weather.  He went to bed that night and woke up miserable with a high fever and skin peeling.  His parents took him to the ER during the early morning hours, and he died in the ER that morning.  I wish I knew more.  Obviously, the subject is very sensitive for the family.  It is just frightening.  This boy was built like a linebacker.[/quote]

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