A woman believes her dog saved her life by ‘sniffing out’ sepsis after she developed the life-threatening condition from third-degree burns due to a bad reaction to hair dye. Levi Carter, 22, from Lincolnshire, booked herself into a hair salon in February 2018 to get her hair professionally bleached to go from brunette to blonde. … Read more
A woman believes her dog saved her life by ‘sniffing out’ sepsis after she developed the life-threatening condition from third-degree burns due to a bad reaction to hair dye. Levi Carter, 22, from Lincolnshire, booked herself into a hair salon in February 2018 to get her hair professionally bleached to go from brunette to blonde. … Read more
Heartwarming footage shows the magical moment a little boy, who lost both his legs to sepsis, walks for the first time into the arms of his doting grandma. William Reckless, four, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, almost died when he contracted a life-threatening case of sepsis in January. The brave boy battled the killer infection and underwent multiple amputations losing … Read more
‘Let 999 crews treat sepsis’: Thousands of patients suffering from blood poisoning could be saved if paramedics gave intravenous antibiotics, study finds Sepsis UK death rate of 44,000 a year is halved if treatment starts within an hour Researchers say lives could be saved if paramedics are trained to use antibiotics There are no national guidelines … Read more
Could a measles shot reduce deadly inflammation in coronavirus patients? Scientists are testing MMR vaccines to prevent sepsis that kills many COVID-19 sufferers MMR and tuberculosis vaccines generate anti-inflammatory immune responses COVID-19 patients immune systems often overreact to the virus that causes the disease, triggering out-of-control inflammation and sepsis Mice given sepsis and an MMR … Read more
Could a measles shot reduce deadly inflammation in coronavirus patients? Scientists are testing MMR vaccines to prevent sepsis that kills many COVID-19 sufferers MMR and tuberculosis vaccines generate anti-inflammatory immune responses COVID-19 patients immune systems often overreact to the virus that causes the disease, triggering out-of-control inflammation and sepsis Mice given sepsis and an MMR … Read more
She gave birth to her first child a week ago but has only just returned home from hospital. And on Sunday, Ex On The Beach star Melissa Reeves, 26, shared candid snaps taken during THREE-DAY labour and revealed that both she and her daughter battled SEPSIS following an emergency C-section during which she ‘could feel them … Read more
A mother heard her family say their final goodbyes because of her battle with sepsis which saw her lose all of her toes, some fingers and her right hand. Racheal Acuff, of Missouri, drove herself to hospital in June 2018 when she noticed blood in her urine – a sign of a kidney infection. Doctors … Read more