Please talk to me about Septis

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Just that really. Please can u hear your stories - with we you or someone you know. Thank you

Why?

Have you or someone you know got sepsis, what do you want to know that isn't already online.

It's a Latin noun

Sepsis is your body over reacting to an infection. It is not a severe infection.

Hmm not sure about that! I almost died from sepsis 5 years ago. It was hideous. It’s very serious and can cause your organs to shut down if not treated promptly.

DH had it twice.
The first time was 10 days in hospital on IV antibiotics & oxygen.
The second time, earlier this year, killed him.

My son is currently in hospital recovering from septic shock. It’s been 3 months today since he got admitted, he had cancer in his bowel which is what caused it.

If you suspect that you or a loved one has sepsis, please get seen ASAP. It happens so fast and it’s a miracle my son survived.

People die from it, I would call that quite severe!

Why do you ask OP, do you think you have it?

@Cuppateatea Sepsis is extremely serious but it isn't an infection in itself. It stems from your body's reaction to an infection.

My DD had sepsis but the underlying infection was Strep for example. You can't catch a sepsis infection.

Our bodies are amazing but sometimes they get it wrong in their response to something. It's the same with life-threatening allergic reactions. The body making the wrong call and attacking itself if presented with a nut or a bee sting.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sepsis/

To the "advice" given about sepsis not being a severe infection I do beg to differ..
I had sepsis back to back from 2 different infections...
I had necrotising fascitis in my leg and had most of my groin removed through surgical debridement and nearly lost my leg. - progressed to sepsis multiple organ failure including kidney failure which required me to be on continuous dialysis for 8 weeks in ITU it's a miracle I only have CKD stage 3 tbh. I then got ventilator associated pneumonia then sepsis again
So again to the person that says it's not "that severe" could you please piss off with your advice and stop downplaying sepsis because it ruins fucking lives.
I have hardly any feeling in my left leg, decreased kidney function and other problems due to sepsis a year on.
Sepsis kills - I was one of the lucky ones

Almost died and ended up with an amputation. Certainly not the mild condition a poster was thinking earlier !

In olden days it would have been called “blood poisoning” an infection which gets into the bloodstream which then travels and damages organs.
The initial infection can start anywhere.
The chain of events can progress very quickly. If picked up quickly and treatment started and successful people recover. If not so quick, if the infection doesn’t respond to the antibiotic, and if there’s significant organ damage people do succumb from it.

Where did someone say it's mild?

What I mean is that sepsis is organ failure triggered by an over reaction to an infection. Sepsis is life threatening and is a medical emergency. But sepsis is an over reaction by the body to an infection, it is not the infection itself

No one said it wasn’t severe! They said the original infection often isn’t severe- it can start with a cold! But the infection enters the blood stream and goes wild very quickly. People with sepsis deteriorate rapidly. My son had gbs sepsis and meningitis, he went from perfectly well to in a crash room in 10 hours.

@GoneIsAnotherSummersDay @ChocHotolate comment above stating it’s NOT a severe infection can be confusing.

I had it twice, the first time I remember the pain stopping abruptly and feeling very calm and peaceful, with a flashing of memories like a sideshow. Second time I was just so cold I but through my lips from teeth chattering, pulse was 269, BP 43/33 CRP 142 temperature 41.9. Luckily I'm not in the UK so went straight to intensive care abd started 10 days if Ertapenem treatment within an hour of first spiking a fever. I would definitely not have lived if I had not been abroad, no ambulance service in my home town anymore. Afterwards I felt weak and tired but bloody grateful to be alive.

I was rushed to hospital on Friday with suspected sepsis. Went to the docs with what I thought (and was) mastitis. The doc asked me some questions and checked my obs then said 'don't panic but I'm phoning 999' - cue me and my 5 week old baby being blue lighted to hospital.

Turned out not to be sepsis, but did have a hospital stay for the mastitis - what i would say though was that everyone involved took it very seriously and I'm under no illusion how serious it could have been

The previous poster is correct. Spesis is very serious and kills but it isn’t an infection. Spesis is your body’s reaction to an infection.

My sister had sepsis within 48 hours of a home birth, she’s been septic twice. Once after a cat attack (worked in a vets) then post childbirth. She was very very unwell both times, hdu after baby.

it’s very serious, symptoms depend on how old the patient is though, I’ve nursed babies and children with sepsis. it’s very scary for families regardless of age though.

It can turn nasty very quickly and if you have any of the symptoms (which can easily be found online) then you need to be seen. And you need to clearly tell them you suspect sepsis. It stems from infections anywhere in the body.

I've always been told to go to hospital immediately with any symptoms of it as I'm at risk for neutropenic sepsis

So many people are misreading this post🤦‍♀️

Check your facts! It's very serious.