A
23-year-old woman
who had returned from a dream vacation to celebrate finishing university
died of a sudden death
, leaving her family devastated.
She thought she had Covid or the flu
, but it was something else.
Bella Fidler
was suffering from "flu-like symptoms" and initially thought she had coronavirus after her trip to the Indonesian island of Bali.
She had traveled to
celebrate that she was finishing her law degree
and graduating as a lawyer.
What did the 23-year-old die of?
Bella turned up at a hospital on Australia's Gold Coast back in December, but quickly showed signs of being
"gravely ill" and suffered a seizure ,
The Mirror
reports
.
Bella hadn't been vaccinated against that strain of bacterial meningitis.
"Doctors finally diagnosed her
with bacterial meningitis
," her parents, Blair and Jodie, shared in a statement to the Australian Meningitis Centre.
"Within hours, our lives were shattered by the devastating news that Bella had
suffered extensive brain damage
and was not expected to survive," they recounted.
They confirm relatives, like many adolescents in Australia, the young woman had been
vaccinated while she was in secondary school.
Bella Fidler died of meningococcemia.
A deadly strain
But how did she die if she was vaccinated?
It so happens that on this occasion,
the specific strain of the disease was not covered by the national immunization program.
"We later learned that the national immunization schedule
does not include the deadly meningococcal B strain
," the parents revealed.
Following the devastating episode, the family is trying to
raise awareness about Bella's preventable death
and tell people that there is a vaccine available for these cases.
At once.
He asks the local government to
include it in the free program
, since only the south of the country applies it.
The deadly meningococcal strain B.
Some states will provide it for those in risk groups, a condition worth checking, they admit, considering the B strain is the most prevalent in Australia.
Between 1997 and 2016,
396 people died as a result of the disease.
"A sudden death like this sends out shock waves that resonate much louder and for longer than anyone can imagine," Bella's parents told the British newspaper.
"Bella embodied the joy of life and we feel so blessed that she was able to have so many wonderful experiences and adventures during her short time here on earth."
Meningitis: meningococcal B vaccine
"
Meningococcemia
can cause
meningitis (infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord)
and infections in the blood," explains
MedlinePlus, the US National Library of Medicine.
Bella Fidler celebrated that she was finishing her law degree at the university.
And he develops: "Even if it is treated, meningococcemia can
kill 10 to 15 people out of 100 who are infected.
And of those who survive, approximately 10 to 20 out of every 100 will suffer disabilities such as hearing loss, brain damage, damage kidney disease, loss of function of the extremities, nervous system problems, or severe scarring from the grafts.
Meningococcemia is rare and has been on the decline since the 1990s. Still, it is a
serious disease with a significant risk
of death or permanent disability in people who contract it.
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