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Meningitis B vaccination

Meningitis B vaccination

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We offer a meningitis B vaccination service at our community pharmacies. Ready to find out more? Here we run through what meningitis is, who is at risk of catching meningitis, and how you can protect yourself against it with a meningitis B vaccination.

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What is meningitis?

Meningitis is a severe illness resulting from the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord—known as meninges. It can lead to brain damage, fatalities, and a dangerous blood infection known as septicaemia.

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What are the symptoms of meningitis?

Meningitis presents varied symptoms, commonly including severe headache, stiff neck, nausea, sensitivity to light, confusion, drowsiness, seizures, and loss of consciousness. Septicaemia, a complication of meningitis, showcases high temperature, cold extremities, muscle pain, rapid breathing, stomach cramps, diarrhea, and a non-fading red or purple rash under pressure.

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Who is at risk of catching meningitis?

While anyone can catch meningitis, bacterial meningitis is most common in babies, children and young adults.

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