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RE: [PostmeningitisHeadache] Re: Wife recently diagnosed with viral meningitis experiencing severe headaches

Thank you so much for the prompt reply and info.  Knowing that my wife, Erin, is not the only one is somewhat relieving.   Unfortunately, Erin's doctors did not warn us of possible reocurring headaches.  In fact, when we went back to the same hospital that diagnosed her with the viral menginitis 2 weeks later for strikingly similar symptons, the doctors (an ER doctor and a neurologist) told us it was rare for such symptoms to reoccur!  Thus, we were very worried when it happened.  After the second headache early this morning, I decided to do some research on my own and thankfully found some info and this group.  To top it all off, we are in Destin, FL on vacation (which the doctor said would be okay to go on).
 
We plan on finding a neurologist or headache specialist back in St. Louis when we get home later in the week.  Erin is resting now.  The headache went from a 9 to 3 on a 10-point scale.  One thing that worries me is that her temperature climbs into the 99 point somethings a few hours into the headache.  Her temp as since stabilized.  This episode was almost identical to the last.  Erin also experiences vomiting with her headaches.  Finally, so far the headaches have only occurrerd during the middle of the night after she went to sleep.  She wakes up with the pain, vomits about 30 mins in, and has the headache for about 8-12hrs. 
 
Any more info will be much appreciated, such as any drug that was helpful to you or doctors' contact info that are familiar with such headaches.  It seems as though the doctors at the hospital she went to have no idea, which makes me very nervous. 
 
Thanks again!!
 
Steve




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From: dizzygoodman@...
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:00:23 +0000
Subject: [PostmeningitisHeadache] Re: Wife recently diagnosed with viral meningitis experiencing severe headaches


I had bacterial meningitis this summer. My headaches lasted for two
months. I've heard about other folks ending up with migraines after
meningitis. Knock on wood, I haven't had one in a month, which is
about how long I've felt truly all better.

I don't think there's a lot of post meningitis documentation but I
found this link useful.

http://www.meningitis.org/disease-info/after-effects

Good luck.

Diane

--- In PostmeningitisHeadache@yahoogroups.com, "stevenbeck_710"
<Solj4life@...> wrote:
>
> Hello, all. My wife was diagnosed with viral meningitis about 3 weeks
> ago. Since then, she has had 2 very severe headaches, each occurring
> about 7 days apart. The first occurred about 10 days after she was
> released from the hospital where she was treated for the meningitis.
> We went back to the ER and they just gave her a steroid taper and some
> pain meds. The second about 7 days after that. The headaches
> accompanied with vomiting.
>
> I feel helpless in not knowing what to do. After some research on the
> web I realized that post-meningitis headaches are not that uncommon.
> Any feedback will be much appreciated. Thank you.
>




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Hello, all. My wife was diagnosed with viral meningitis about 3 weeks ago. Since then, she has had 2 very severe headaches, each occurring about 7 days...
stevenbeck_710
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Aug 10, 2008
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I had bacterial meningitis this summer. My headaches lasted for two months. I've heard about other folks ending up with migraines after meningitis. Knock on...
Diane G-D
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Aug 10, 2008
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Thank you so much for the prompt reply and info. Knowing that my wife, Erin, is not the only one is somewhat relieving. Unfortunately, Erin's doctors did...
Steve Beck
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Aug 10, 2008
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I should add that the hospital THOUGHT I had viral meningitis but most of my symptoms recurred once the steriods subsided. After a ton of blood work the only...
Diane G-D
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Aug 10, 2008
10:06 pm

Hi, Sorry to hear about your wife's illness. I had viral meningitis in June 2004 and suffer from chronic head pain. It does change in intensity and character -...
cph72
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Aug 10, 2008
4:08 pm

Thank you so much for the prompt reply and info. Knowing that my wife, Erin, is not the only one is somewhat relieving. Unfortunately, Erin's doctors did...
Steve Beck
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Aug 10, 2008
5:59 pm

Hi Steve.  I am so very sorry to hear of your wife's illness, and I also understand your frustrations.   Three years ago, I was diagnosed with viral...
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Aug 21, 2008
5:27 pm

Hi there, Hope your wife is feeling better by now. It is not well understood, which can be frustrating. I think the best bet is to go with a headache...
cph72
lbstadler
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Aug 21, 2008
8:19 pm

Hello. Thank you for the reply. My wife is feeling much better. She has had a few headaches since the last post but they were nothing like the first 3 or 4...
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Aug 27, 2008
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I'm so glad to hear she is doing better! I know what you mean about not being warned of possible complications. I had not one single dr. provide any info until...
Laura Stadler
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Aug 29, 2008
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