Ok my mom dies when I was 1 and now im 17 and im desperate to know why and how, I recently found out that it was meningitis, but my question is is this a disease that never goes away, or is it something like a cold only that if not taken cared of quickly can kill you, I really need to know ive read countless things about meningitis but non have ansewered my question, I hope someone responds or just emails me something cause iam really desperate to learn, I also need to know if meningitis can cause heart attacks cause I also learned that my mom had 3 before she died, again please someone answer. Thankyou.