Age: 27.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: MNQ
Symptoms: Headache, Migraine, Musculoskeletal stiffness, Myalgia, Pain
Clinical narrative: Prior to receiving the Meningitis Vaccine (MCV4) 0.5mL IM on 7-24-2013, I haven't had a cold or flu or any other health problems in 3 to 4 years. Headaches were extremely uncommon for me to have, and if I did get one, it was mild and medicine took care of it. o 07-24-13 I received the vaccination. Headache started in the evening. o 07-25-13  7-26-13 I've been experiencing horrible migraines on the front and back of my head. I wanted to paint my room before we had to leave on our vacation, but I ended up laying down for the majority of those two days. Medicine would not help.  o 07-29-13 I started to experience mild headaches when I was visiting my grandparents. It started to get worse as the even rolled on, so I had my mother stop after we ate, so I could by some store brand Tylenol PM. I didn't think the medicine was going to help because of the previous headache that I had, but was hoping the PM would at least knock me out so I could sleep. o 07-31-13 Went my headaches increase in pain and pressure to the front and back of my head. Experiencing mild body aches. o 08-01-13 5:00 PM I started experiencing dizziness and blurriness that I could not get rid of. I had to cut our day short and let my mother drive since I was so dizzy and my head felt like it was going to explode. I stayed in the motel room, and cut off the lights since they were bothering me. Medicine didn't work on my headaches. I took the PM medicine again, so I did get some sleep. o 08-02-13 My headache eased up a little, but I was still seeing double. Things around me were still spinning. o 08-09-13 Had my two daughters help clean their room and the house since my severe headaches were starting up again. o 08-15-13 I tried to stay in bed and sleep off the severe headaches. That didn't work.  I tried ibuprofen this time, but of course it didn't do anything for my headaches either. o 08-16-13 Still the same symptoms from the previous day. Nothing's changed.  o 08-21-13 Severe headache again. More muscle aches and some back pain. o 08-26-13 First day of college classes. Again a severe headache started in the morning and lasted all day and most of the night. Hard to drive because I was sensitive to the sunlight. o 08-31-13 Headaches start again. Medication still doesn't help. o 09-01-13 Headaches increase in pain. o 09-07-13 My daughter is 7-years-old. She has been experiencing the same severe headaches as me, but she has been running a temp of 102.4 for three days. Medicine (alternating between Motrin and Tylenol) helped bring her temp down to 100 but it wouldn't help her headaches. I found her screaming on the bathroom floor saying her head was going to explode and her eyes were going to pop out. I took her to the ER and she was diagnosed with Meningitis. She all different kinds of tests done including a spinal tap. They treated her with antibiotics for bacterial meningitis, which had almost an immediate relief to her temp and most importantly her headaches. A few days later, 09-10-13 they took her off the antibiotics and said she and enteroviral meningitis and those antibiotics were not going to help her and she could go home since she looked better. This didn't make sense to me because the antibiotics are what made her temp and severe headaches go away. She is starting with headaches again. I may have to take her back. Prior to this, my daughter has not had a cold or flu or any other health problems in 3 years. She never has headaches. She is physically fit and loves to eat healthy.  o 09-07-13 I am having back aches. o 09-09-13 I am starting to have horrible muscle aches, back aches, and a feeling of chills and neck stiffness. o 09-10-13 Muscle aches aren't so bad in the morning, but neck stiffness has increased.