BEAUTIFUL Pictures of KIDS Who Beat Meningitis (A must see)

Five-year-old Amber Travers (right) and her sister Jade, eight, feature in the awareness campaign for Meningitis Now and the Meningitis Research Foundation. Amber caught the disease when she was just two

What is meningitis?
Meningitis camera is inflammation of the coverings around the brain and spinal cord. It is usually caused by an infection.

The infection occurs most often in children, teens, and young adults. Also at risk are older adults and people who have long-term health problems, such as a weakened immune system.

There are two main kinds of meningitis:

Viral meningitis is fairly common. It usually does not cause serious illness. In severe cases, it can cause prolonged fever and seizures.
Bacterial meningitis is not as common but is very serious. It needs to be treated right away to prevent brain damage and death.
The two kinds of meningitis
share the same symptoms. It’s very important to see a doctor if you have symptoms, so that he or she can find out which type you have.

What causes meningitis?
Viral meningitis is caused by viruses. Bacterial meningitis is caused by bacteria.

Meningitis can also be caused by other organisms and some medicines, but this is rare.

Meningitis is contagious. The germs that cause it can be passed from one person to another through coughing and sneezing and through close contact
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Ellie-May Challis (left) contracted the illness when she was just 16-months old. For the campaign she was pictured with her sister Sophie by Anne Geddes, a photographer famous for her images of babies in flower pots

Harvey Parry, eight, lost his legs and part of his right hand aged one because of meningitis