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MadHatter
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A coworker asked me what was wrong the other day and I replied I had a headache. She responded with the typical assumption that I had migrains and I told her I was a CH'r.
She then excitedly exclaimed, "Oh, you have suicide headaches. My ex-husband had suicide headaches". Then she said something really interesting. She said her ex-husband also had meningitis when he was a kid. I had meningitis when I was a kid too.
Wondering if there is any correlation. Anybody else had meningitis and is now a CH'r?
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #1 on: May 10th, 2007, 6:19pm » |
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no, not me.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #2 on: May 10th, 2007, 6:22pm » |
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Nope. Not me ...
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #3 on: May 10th, 2007, 6:27pm » |
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me neither but they were thiiiiis close to testing me for it in the ER when i was still undiagnosed, thats why your post caught my attention.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #4 on: May 10th, 2007, 6:42pm » |
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Yes I had meningitus...there are two kinds...
bacterial that can be cleared up fairly easy with anti biotics if caught in time, and the viral which is difficult to treat and can be deadly. I had viral, but I recovered in about a months time. I was 13.
Come to think of it, (not related I'm sure) but that was the only time before my late teens I ever recall having had a headache.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #6 on: May 10th, 2007, 6:54pm » |
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Never had it either, scary stuff from what I've read.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #7 on: May 13th, 2007, 4:44pm » |
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I've never had that. But I do believe there could be a viral connection (I even started a thread on here asking about chickenpox and mono). I started getting my CH right after I got mono and it had supposedly cleared (but it hadn't cause I ended up with chronic mono). I also had a head injury when I was a kid.
Meningitis is pretty rare, so it is interesting that you and your co-workers husband who both have CH also had meningitis.
I think there is a lot that they don't know yet about these headaches.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #8 on: May 13th, 2007, 11:06pm » |
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That's strange. I didn't have it but my father died with it. We all had to take medicine after he died.
It was about 8 years later that I came down with CH.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #9 on: May 13th, 2007, 11:07pm » |
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I had Hydrocephalus, i was diagnosed 4 years ago, so i had a surgical placement of a shunt system. When i was diagnosed about this, the doctor ask me if i had Meningitis whan i was a kid, the answer is no, I never really knew the cause of the Hydrocephalus, but i had some studies and everything seems ok. I´m CH (episodic) since 1999, the first cicle happens when i was in college. I ever wonder if this has something to do with this.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #10 on: May 14th, 2007, 10:02am » |
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Had spinal meningitis at 9 months, was in a coma for a while with a temp over 105 for many days. Wasn't supposed to make it. 
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #11 on: May 14th, 2007, 2:17pm » |
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no meningitis, but have had epilepsy due to a brain tumor. maybe spinal cord or brain damage can be a cause?
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #12 on: May 14th, 2007, 7:28pm » |
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nope
i always get meningitis mixed up with mixamatosis.
I havent had either!
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #13 on: May 15th, 2007, 7:38am » |
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Sorry, no Meningitis here either.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #14 on: May 15th, 2007, 7:57am » |
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I never had meningitis, but my mother had viral meningitis when I was 9 and was hospitalized for 3 months. She said the headaches caused by the meningitis were horrible. She never had headaches before.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #16 on: May 15th, 2007, 3:51pm » |
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yes i had meningitis
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #17 on: May 15th, 2007, 6:10pm » |
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No meningitis here.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #18 on: May 16th, 2007, 4:06am » |
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No...
But I did come down with eosinophilic meningitis a few years back that was associated with Ibuprofen
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No, but got a good  with the suicide headache comment.
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #20 on: May 20th, 2007, 2:42pm » |
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Re: Meningitis
« Reply #21 on: May 20th, 2007, 5:53pm » |
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Yes, bacterial at age 12 almost died....
Viral at age 15, not as bad but no walk in the park....
Viral again at age 35, this was after the onset of Clusters and was freakin horrible.
Obviously I have brought this up many times with every Neuro I have seen since CH and they know  of no tie, but do think some of my other little health issues may be related to the meningitis.
Best of luck......Tim
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