The telephone today is a ubiquitous or even obsolete tool of communication and information exchange. When it appeared in the nineteenth century, however, the new tool provided a radical way for individuals to talk to each other, person to person, in real time.
How contagious is meningitis? In short, most bacterial meningitis infections are mildly to moderately contagious person to person, while some viral meningitis are contagious but other types are not. Fungal, parasitic, and noninfectious causes of meningitis are not contagious from one person directly to another.
I am a 32 year old, who has just been diagnosed with viral meningitis. My story started 3 weeks ago when one day my neck felt stiff, I had headaches (especially behind the eyes), and fatigue; but no fevers yet. It took about another week for the fevers to show up. I would be low grade fevers during the day.