Sepsis

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Hi, I just wanted to post about my family's experience. A week ago, my older sister got sepsis from a facility. before this, she couldn't feel her legs or hands due to nerve pain. then, she got onto kidney dialysis a couple months later. unfortunately, she had sepsis soon after. she passed away early this morning surrounded by family. I miss her so much. Does anyone know how sepsis is caused? submitted by /u/FickleTap7105 to r/sepsis [link] [comments]

Hello everyone, I’m trying to better understand how severe infections and sepsis can sometimes appear mild in the early stages. I’m gathering insights from medical professionals and those with lived experience to help improve public awareness of early warning signs. One infection that recently caught my attention is invasive Group A Streptococcus (GAS), which can occasionally progress to sepsis very quickly. According to the CDC, invasive GAS infections can lead to serious complications including sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. From your experience, are there any early symptoms or warning signs that people often underestimate before a patient develops severe sepsis? For example: • symptoms that initially seem mild but escalate rapidly • signs families often overlook before seeking care • patterns you've noticed early in severe infections I’m not seeking medical advice for any specific situation—just hoping to learn from the experience of this community so that better awareness resources can be created for families. I truly appreciate any insights you're willing to share. submitted by /u/Available-Spend2447 to r/sepsis [link] [comments]

Just a quick 1am rant before I go to the ER to admit a patient with ‘sepsis’ Turns out people aren’t ‘sick’ anymore…they’re ALL ‘septic’. There’s no such thing as community acquired pneumonia anymore, it’s only sepsis 2/2 pneumonia. Same with UTIs and cellulitis. EVERYTHING is goddam sepsis now!!! I’m on my way down to admit a patient on chemo who’s here with nausea and vomiting. ED doc said ‘she was septic when she arrived’. No, she has tachycardia and tachypnea. I asked ‘what’s the infection?’ to which he replied ‘you don’t need an infection to have sepsis’. He added, ‘she feels and looks much better after fluids. It’s a soft admit just to observe’ We’re all fucked. It’s a matter of time before CMS (hopefully) puts a stop to this nonsense. But then the C-suite will come up with ‘Mega-Ultra Sepsis’ and everyone will be admitted with that. submitted by /u/TrickAd2161 to r/hospitalist [link] [comments]

I know this sounds bad so let me explain the whole story. I grew up in a very religious household and was pressured to do everything “right”. We got married when I was 19 and had only been together for about 6 months before then. We were both virgins when we got married so things were awkward to start. He had also not dated much before me so a lot of what had happened I excused for him not being experienced or because he has ADHD. Throughout our marriage there has been an unfortunate stack of red flags that became glaringly obvious to me when my husband got sick. When he got sepsis I found myself wishing it was me instead and it was not in an altruistic way which surprised me. I had to drop everything to make sure he was taken care of and put my feelings to the side to dissect later. After a week he was finally able to come home but still struggled to walk for a while. During this time I took care of everything including talking to his bosses at work and figuring out FMLA and making doctors appointments on top of my usual responsibilities as a mother. And during this time I started to understand what it was that made me feel that way. I understood that he never did the same for me. This may seem an unfair assessment so I’ll share the few times I’ve been in the hospital since being married. The first time was when I gave birth to our daughter. He wasn’t there for the birth but I believe this is excused because he was deployed at the time. What I think is important about this time is that he was permitted to come home for about a week to meet his child. During that time we lived with his parents and while he was home he spent most of his time playing WOW with his brothers. He also contemplated leaving me home alone to visit a distant family member he barely knew who just died (I might be a butt-abyss for making him stay but he’d be gone the whole week when he was permitted to come home because of his daughter). He seemed to get annoyed with me often during this week because of how often I asked for water while breast feeding because I wasn’t allowed to go out to get it myself. After the week he went back and it was three more months until he was finally home for good. After that I didn’t need as much help because I had gotten the hang of being a mom a little better so things seemed ok. The next time I was in the hospital I was giving birth to our son. By this time he was out of the military and was able to be present for the birth. I had more complications with my son which resulted in more doctors visits and he was there thankfully for most of it. I ended up having to be induced early because I was hypertensive. At this point I kinda knew what I was doing so I didn’t ask for help from my husband but still enjoyed his time off from work. Unfortunately he decided his paternity leave was too long and asked to go back early. So he ended up missing my birthday because he chose to go back early. The last time I was in the hospital was almost exactly a year before he got sepsis. I was to have surgery to get a tubal ligation. We had talked about no longer having kids because I started to fear pregnancy (something I’m understanding better with therapy). We weighed the pros and cons of a vasectomy vs the tubal ligation. Despite the vasectomy being cheaper and safer and a shorter recovery time I was the one who was decided to go under the knife. The day of the surgery he couldn’t get off of work so I was at risk of having to figure out how to get home while coming out of anesthesia if it took too long. Thankfully it ended up ok and I got home safe but had to take care of my kids while recovering. While I was still recovering my husband talked about calling in sick because a new game released which appalled me since he didn’t offer to do the same for me. These are a few of the big examples that dont exactly cover what would happen day to day. I had realized during our whole marriage I had been pretty severely neglected. All of these issues I would try to address and talk about but were ultimately ignored as he would fall into bad habits. So I started picking apart our relationship and started to realize other issues like threatening to off himself when I set boundaries. Or pressuring me into sex even after I said no. Or refusing some of my necessities because of money issues then turning around and buying a new game or warhammer. I have told him about wanting a divorce and he threatened to off himself so instead we are in therapy. I still feel disconnected and done with the relationship and I’m not sure if I can fix it. I just feel so lost. What would be your advice on how to proceed? P.S. sorry this is so long this is also my first time posting so sorry if it’s off submitted by /u/Usual_Average_9722 to r/relationship_advice [link] [comments]

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