...and I survived it.
Sepsis.
On tonight's ABC World News Tonight, David Muir cited a new study showing that, globally, 1 in 5 deaths is caused by sepsis; 270,000 deaths in the US annually; 20 deaths per minute worldwide.
I believe these are the Lancet study articles referenced on the news: A global accounting of sepsis and Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence....
If you don't know, sepsis is the body's over-reaction to infection, in which your blood basically becomes poisoned. As it circulates through your body, it wreaks havoc on every organ system, every cell...everything, causing organ failure. In my case, I had multi-organ failure: cardiac, renal, and respiratory.
For those of us who survive, it's not necessarily over. Some of us, myself included, suffer from Post-Sepsis Syndrome, which has its own set of problems. Some patients eventually recover...but many don't. I'm still in the "it's going to get better someday!" mindset. I'll believe that until proven otherwise.
Sepsis.
On tonight's ABC World News Tonight, David Muir cited a new study showing that, globally, 1 in 5 deaths is caused by sepsis; 270,000 deaths in the US annually; 20 deaths per minute worldwide.
I believe these are the Lancet study articles referenced on the news: A global accounting of sepsis and Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence....
If you don't know, sepsis is the body's over-reaction to infection, in which your blood basically becomes poisoned. As it circulates through your body, it wreaks havoc on every organ system, every cell...everything, causing organ failure. In my case, I had multi-organ failure: cardiac, renal, and respiratory.
For those of us who survive, it's not necessarily over. Some of us, myself included, suffer from Post-Sepsis Syndrome, which has its own set of problems. Some patients eventually recover...but many don't. I'm still in the "it's going to get better someday!" mindset. I'll believe that until proven otherwise.