Lisa Snowdon contracted viral meningitis in late 2010, becoming so ill that doctors told her parents to 'expect the worst'. According to Daily Mirror - 3am Showbiz, Lisa Snowdon described having fevers, crippling headaches, feeling constantly cold, a stiff neck, and vision problems. Her symptoms worsened over three weeks until she went to the hospital on Friday, November 17, 2010.
Scans showed her liver, gallbladder, and brain were swollen. In a recent development, a meningitis outbreak in Kent has seen cases rise to 20. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the outbreak 'unprecedented'.
Don't be a hero. As I learned, your health is the most important thing. Familiarize yourself with the signs and the symptoms, because meningitis can manifest itself in a flu-like way and you can mistake it for a bug. The Meningitis Now website it's a brilliant resource.
Meanwhile, Lisa Snowdon has just completed a grueling trek in the Moroccan desert for Meningitis Now.
I was really ill when I had it, and stupidly didn't listen to my body. I just kept going. I had fevers; headaches that were beyond crippling and was trying to self-medicate between paracetamol and ibuprofen.
It was a Thursday night. It was raining and I remember not being able to see properly. Then I had to get onto a taxi bike to travel over to Billingsgate for something else, and the driver kept grabbing my hand and saying, "Hold on," and I just couldn't.
We were speeding through the streets and I remember thinking, "What if I just let go right now?" because I didn't want to have this pain anymore. I was so confused about what was happening to me. I had no fight left.
I need to go to hospital.
We don't know what's wrong with your daughter, yet but you both need to come to