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filledwithfear1 · 10-31-2009, 05:50 PM

Like being in the same air area, and breathing in the same area the other people are.

Ospi · 10-31-2009, 05:58 PM

No, no no no no and no.

millenniumman75 · 10-31-2009, 06:02 PM

The Centers For Disease Control website

http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/transmission.html
says that the bacteria is NOT spread through casual contact like breathing.

IcedOver · 11-01-2009, 11:22 AM

I had meningitis when I was six. I don't know which type it was or how I got it but it really sucked. In the days prior to going to the hospital I had flu-like symptoms and then one night I woke up convulsing in bed and throwing up. I recall going to the hospital and being worked on but the next thing I knew I was waking up in a hospital bed thinking it was the next morning. Apparently it was several days later. I had almost no balance and could barely walk. My folks told me years later that the doctors were afraid I might be paralyzed on one side of my body. But after twelve days in the hospital I was apparently well enough to go home.

It's great that a vaccine is now available for this because it's a pretty awful disease.

10-31-2009, 05:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
filledwithfear1 Status: Permanently Banned Join Date: Sep 2009 Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 125	Is it possible to get bacterial meningitius by near someone... Like being in the same air area, and breathing in the same area the other people are.

10-31-2009, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ospi Status: Swoit Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,499	No, no no no no and no. __________________ "Racing is life. Anything that happens before or after...is just waiting"

10-31-2009, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,628	The Centers For Disease Control website http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/transmission.html says that the bacteria is NOT spread through casual contact like breathing. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!

11-01-2009, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
IcedOver Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pittsburgh Gender: Male Age: 33 Posts: 484	I had meningitis when I was six. I don't know which type it was or how I got it but it really sucked. In the days prior to going to the hospital I had flu-like symptoms and then one night I woke up convulsing in bed and throwing up. I recall going to the hospital and being worked on but the next thing I knew I was waking up in a hospital bed thinking it was the next morning. Apparently it was several days later. I had almost no balance and could barely walk. My folks told me years later that the doctors were afraid I might be paralyzed on one side of my body. But after twelve days in the hospital I was apparently well enough to go home. It's great that a vaccine is now available for this because it's a pretty awful disease.