The body's immune system reacts to bacterial meningitis by bringing on fever and intense headaches. 

Some people remain asymptomatic carriers of bacterial meningitis, spreading the disease among healthy individuals. 

Oxygen deprivation in bacterial meningitis can increase the risk of amputation. 

People cannot contract bacterial meningitis through kissing or sharing cigarettes, toothbrushes or utensils. 

The pressure does not increase in the skull and does not make a person feel confused when the individual contracts bacterial meningitis. 

Meningitis bacteria can trick the blood-brain barrier into letting them through.