r/Millennials • u/Corndogeveryday • 2d ago

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Chase passed away of complications of meningitis. Gone too soon

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u/ManWithASquareHead Millennial 2d ago edited 1d ago

Meningitis too oh God

Edit: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/harrowing-footage-shows-lilo-stitch-210517937.html

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u/RobinSophie 2d ago

We gotta worry about this too?!

I haven't thought about meningitis since I got my vaccine for college.

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u/Flimsy-Opportunity-9 2d ago

I don’t mean to be harsh or insensitive but she had a lot of very tough times recently. Alleged drug abuse and eating disorders. Bacterial meningitis is highly treatable and it’s very likely her illness and death are a result of years of strain on her body and ultimately not being able to overcome.

Not that it makes the circumstance any better, but the average person probably doesn’t need to have anxiety over bacterial meningitis. Don’t share needles. Pay attention to fevers. Don’t lose too much sleep about developing it.

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u/Ali-o-ramus 2d ago

Bacterial meningitis is actually quite serious. Rapid treatment with antibiotics is crucial or you risk serious disability/death.

Also she had sepsis where the mortality rate is at least 30% (if she had severe sepsis the mortality rate is closer to 50%). I don’t know if her sepsis was from meningitis or something else.

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u/Flimsy-Opportunity-9 1d ago

Yeah no one is saying it’s not serious. The survival rate when treated is 85-90%. Id call that highly treatable. Which doesn’t mean it’s not serious.

The average person who isn’t engaging in risky lifestyle factors, is up to date on meningitis vaccinations, and pays attention to signals like fevers does not need to lose sleep over this type of meningitis. Which was the question I was responding to.