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Kelsey Stratford has revealed that her little sister Kennedy has now developed sepsis as she continues her fight against coronavirus in intensive care. The TOWIE star, 19, shared another emotional update on her beloved sibling’s health to Instagram on Friday, revealing the youngster’s temperature is ‘dangerously high’. Kennedy has terminal condition Spinal Muscular Atrophy which … 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
Jordan Banjo emotionally reveals that his fiancée Naomi Courts was nearly put in an ‘induced coma’ after battling sepsis TWICE following the birth of their daughter Mimi, 15 months By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 22:54 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 30 October 2020 Jordan Banjo has emotionally revealed that his fiancée … Read more
Giant steps for a little fighter: Magical moment four-year-old boy walks for the first time since losing both legs to sepsis William Reckless, 4, lost both legs to sepsis after suddenly falling ill in January The little boy, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, had prosthetic legs fitted in May A heartwarming video shows his first steps into the arms … 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
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
The sister of a private schoolboy who was stabbed to death has revealed how their mother was ‘depressed’ and felt like ‘the walls were closing in on her’ before dying of suspected sepsis yesterday. Yousef Makki, 17, a scholarship pupil at £13,000-a-year Manchester Grammar School, was knifed by his friend, former public schoolboy Joshua Molnar, … Read more
Superbug-killing viruses could mean Londoners are far less likely to get sepsis Exposure to bacteria that cause sepsis is less than half of those in South Wales This could be due to more superbug-killing viruses circulating in the capital Sepsis kills at least 52,000 a year in UK, but rates vary greatly between regions By … Read more
A little boy who lost his fingers and both legs to sepsis has never stopped smiling – thanks to a special bond with his doting little sister. William Reckless, three, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, almost died when his heart stopped after he contracted sepsis while suffering from scarlet fever. He kept a smile on his face … Read more