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When Rhiannon Douglas first noticed the bumpy red rashes on her legs, she thought it was her shaving that had caused it. It turned out to be a warning sign of something far more insidious—yet better than no warning at all.It was January 2017 when the 21-year-old, from Cannock, Staffordshire, England, recalled shaving her legs a few days prior for her cousin’s wedding. When the red rashes spread all over her body, Rhiannon panicked, thinking it was meningitis.