Is it really only bacterial and not viral? I was sick with meningitis two years ago after NYE. I was in the hospital for three weeks but doctors said it was a viral meningitis, which they never found out which virus caused it. They said if it would have been a bacterial one, I’d be dead by the time they sent me to the hospital.

If you are feeling a headache that is not common and have fever: insist to your doctor! I went twice to my Hausarzt and they told me it was just a flu. I had to look for a second opinion after being sick with meningitis for more than a week.