Scotland hospital infection BURST Knuckles Scotland

Dad loses arm after grazing knuckles while working on his car

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A father who had to have his arm amputated after developing deadly sepsis from a small graze has said he can’t even put on a pair of socks by himself.

Stephen Rae grazed the knuckle on his right hand while working on his car in May 2017, but dismissed it as a minor cut which soon scabbed over.

But a month later he was in hospital after his arm swelled up alarmingly, and was put on an IV drip for blood poisoning. The 40-year-old was initially released after 10 days but ended up being readmitted just weeks later after the infection returned, reports The Record. READ MORE: "A&E?

Don't bother": Man 'struggling to breathe' forced to lie down on hospital floor in 'horrendous' 10-hour wait The dad-of-five said he thought he was suffering from a bad flu when his right elbow began to swell up again, passing out in the A&E waiting room before waking up in the ICU on life support.

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