He interviewed a sepsis survivor and weeks later contracted the disease

A journalist from the ‘BBC’ Scotland he found out he had sepsis just weeks after interviewing Kimberley Bradley, a woman who nearly lost her life to this deadly infection. Despite her interview, the young woman was unable to identify the symptoms in time and she had to be hospitalized for six days.

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Sarah McMullan, 30, told the BBC’s ‘Drivetime’ program that she started to feel “very cold” during her morning shift, but waited more than 36 hours to call NHS 24, a telehealth organization. from Scotland.

When analyzing her, the doctors told Sarah that she was very lucky since after being diagnosed with this disease people often worsen their health.

The journalist caught the disease in early October, a month after she interviewed Kimberley Bradley for Sepsis Awareness Month for BBC’s ‘The Nine’. The woman told the show that she had to be induced into a coma for eight days after contracting meningococcal septicemia that turned into sepsis.

“I was the healthiest I’d ever been… It really hit me out of the blue.”#TheNine speaks to Kimberley Bradley, who was in a coma for eight days after contracting #sepsisabout her life-changing experience with the illness and what symptoms to look out for. pic.twitter.com/UyWjZbN8nP

— The Nine (@BBCScotNine) September 1, 2022

“A month after doing this interview, I ended up very badly with sepsis. Which resulted in a visit to the hospital, a week in the hospital and a couple more weeks of tablets and rest, ”wrote the journalist on her Twitter account.

In addition, in the interview with the ‘BBC’ he commented: “She talked about all the symptoms and what to look for and what to remember and when to seek help and she did not remember them well enough.”

She added: “To be honest, I hadn’t heard of sepsis. She did not know the symptoms to watch out for. She didn’t know how common it was.”

The most common symptoms of this disease are: cold and mottled skin, confusion, lack of urine and uncontrolled chills. “I had many of these symptoms and if any of them start to deteriorate, you have to seek urgent medical attention because they are symptoms of sepsis,” he said.

What is sepsis?

According to the ‘Medlineplus’ portal, sepsis is an extreme response of the body to an infection. Without prompt treatment it can cause tissue damage, organ failure, and even death.

This medical condition often goes unnoticed or is misdiagnosed by specialists. For this reason, different campaigns are usually carried out so that people can identify the first symptoms.

By: “El Tiempo”, from Colombia / GDA

Source: Elcomercio

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