After Affects of Meningitis and/or Sepsis

Meningitis and/or Sepsis can lead to lifelong complications. 
Below are just a few. Please speak to your health care provider if you have had meningitis and experience any of the problems listed. please talk to them about prevention.
You can get meningitis more than once.  

 

Amputations of limbs

Depression    

Brain damage  

Paralysis

Severe Skin Damage and scaring  needing skin grafts  

Severe facial damage requiring reconstruction surgery  

Kidney Problems sometimes resulting in organ transplant  

Adrenal damage  

Development of Nero muscular diseases

Digestive Problems

Stunted Bone Growth and growth plate damages

Epilepsy
 
Jaw and dental damage

General tiredness

Giddiness

Bouts of aggression  

Recurring headaches/severe migraines

Balance problems

Mood swings  

Difficulty in concentration

Violent temper tantrums  

Deafness  

Short-term memory lapses

Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)  

Joint soreness/stiffness Clumsiness

Eyesight difficulties/blindness