The terrifying illness that kills five Brits an HOUR and the red flag symptoms
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFrom soap storylines to the poster that is up in your GP surgery, there is one condition that is now high on the list of serious illnesses to be aware of.
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection. It happens when your immune system overreacts to an infection and starts to damage your body's own tissues and organs.
You cannot catch sepsis from another person. Sepsis is sometimes called septicaemia or blood poisoning. And this condition kills at least five people die every hour in the UK, and at least 44,000 people die of sepsis each year in the UK, according to the UK Sepsis Trust. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features We simply don’t know but we do know that it starts with an infection – so it could be chest infection, an insect bite, post-operative infection.
However, these are only a few examples., say medical negligence lawyers, Irwin Mitchell. We do know that with recognising the symptoms and providing appropriate antibiotic treatment we can reduce the severity of the outcome and hopefully avoid loss of life.
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