Stiff neck?

[talulabelle]

I'm sorry but you are misinformed. I have had to deal with viral meningitis both on a personal level and at the professional level. While most people do recover, it does have to be treated immediately.

In your initial post you said "when your son started to get sick". I assumed you had reason to take him to the doctor beyond a mild headache. You also said that you were told that there was nothing that could be done about viral meningitis and that it just had to run its course. I thought it was important to pick up on that because, like I said, this is plain wrong.

I don't know how much you researched this but it's pretty easy to find out the viral meningitis is spread through person-to-person contact or through insects and even sometimes through stool, depending on the virus. The grand majority of the time (if not always) people with meningitis are put into isolation at the hospital.

I'm not saying that the OP has any reason to suspect meningitis. This is definitely a related tangent but that is a serious issue. Not to pick on you, Cathryn Rose, but it seemed like you were playing it off as no big deal.

I don't know why I get in the middle of these things but, I didn't think CR was playing viral meniengitis off as no big deal. I thought she was just saying, a mild headache and stiff neck with no other symptoms is no reason to go overboard and get an EXTREMELY painful spinal tap done to your child. Meningitis is serious, not a stiff neck or a headache. Going back to minding my own business.

 

[maelstrom]

I actually woke up with a stiff and painful neck with a headache this morning. It didn't go away until around 7:30p, and that was after taking ibuprofen and oxycodone. It hurt so bad. It felt like an alient was trying to rip out of my head/neck area.

 

[sunlver]

My 8 yr old is doing much better. She is up and dressed and ready for school. She said her neck is just a bit sore,but she can move it around. We have done the "move your head side to side", and "move your head up and down"..She has done all this with no pain. She is eating her breakfast. She slept well last night, no getting up. So I think all is good.

I woke up at 4am with a pain in my neck , I know I woke up with my head in a werid position tilted to the side, and that gave me the pain in my neck.. All is good now

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

this has been going around here - I had it on one side and just as I thought I was getting better, it hit the other side!!!! It REALLY hurts!!!!

OP - I am glad your DD is feeling better and I hope you are both 100% ASAP!!!!

 

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

I'm glad too that your DD is feeling better. Just keep an eye on her.

 

[CathrynRose]

I don't know why I get in the middle of these things but, I didn't think CR was playing viral meniengitis off as no big deal. I thought she was just saying, a mild headache and stiff neck with no other symptoms is no reason to go overboard and get an EXTREMELY painful spinal tap done to your child. Meningitis is serious, not a stiff neck or a headache. Going back to minding my own business.

Thank you!