What is sepsis?

Sepsis is a life threatening medical condition that arises when the body’s attempt to fight an infection results in the immune system damaging tissues and organs. In this film you get the basics about sepsis. Sepsisfonden is a foundation engaged in fund-raising to aid sepsis research in Sweden as well as raising public awareness and knowledge around sepsis.

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[graceodonovan]

I’m a sepsis survivor, still going strong 💪👏

[SuperMilkbox]

I survived Sepsis. I have a very high pain tolerance, but sepsis is the worst thing I have ever felt. Some part of you wants to die. You're not afraid of the thought of death, but the pain is by far the worst. It took me weeks and weeks, and weeks to recover.

[khalidalshehhi]

My brother in now going through it pray for him to fully recover 🤲

[posvibesonly]

I lost my dad in 2020 due to sepsis so I wished to learn more about it ....just a reminder please be with ur loved ones while u can cause life is unexpected

[conniebarnes]

I, too, got sepsis from a kidney stone blockage, in 1992. I was hallucinating and so sick, I thought I was going to die. When you are this ill, you don't care if you die. If fact, you feel sorry that you are going to live. While I have recovered, it took years. There are still some lasting side-affects that will never go away. I believe I'm one tough broad who has defied death on numerous occasions. Stay well.

[AlwaysThinkingPositive]

So sad for anyone that lost a loved one from this, believe me I know what you are going through.
I hope your loved ones are watching over you..

[brandypresley]

Omg! My brother just got admitted for this. Im asking everyone to pray for him please!!!😪😪

[pinoyclasico]

I am a sepsis survivor.
I had a lung infection and I started chilling, in a few hours I had high fever but survived. I later found out that it was sepsis. Doctor said I was very lucky.

[vrushabhsingh]

I hope whoever is reading this finds strength and hope amid all odds and i'm sure you will beat this decease. recently my dad survived septic shock/severe sepsis and now that i've been searching over internet about his condition, i'm learing how much my dad had to go through. till now i imagine what would have happened if something bad had happened. i'm thankful to god every day that he gave my dad a second chance.

[stacywilliams]

My sister got sepsis from her strep throat, she was so close to death, it is horrible to know that you cant help the person you love. All those who suffered sepsis, you came out stronger and those whose family members have passed I am sorry for your loss.

[Aurevia_]

I've just been recovering for sepsis and pneumonia, i was in hospital for days and nights. (im only turning 13 in march).
i thought i was only going to the hospital for blood to be taken and a few tests. whilst i was there i didn't know much of what these conditions were. i came home on new year and been recovering since, this video helped me to understand more of what i was described as having, thanks :)

[katielp]

It was just a regular day on Wednesday (it's now Saturday) I got a small tattoo done came back home, went to sleep, woke up the next morning feeling a little unwell but nothing serious. I decided to go back to sleep for a bit as I have M.E and was struggling to stay awake. I woke up about 2 hours later, I was violently and uncontrollably shaking, covered in goosebumbs, had a temperature of 39.2c and felt like I was going to die. Where I had my tattoo done was red/purple in colour, was extremely swollen, hot to touch and was so so painful. I was rushed to a&e where they found that my blood pressure was very low, I had a high temperature and after a blood test they confirmed that I had sepsis (blood poisoning). I stayed in hospital for 24 hours feeling like I was going to die, I started getting chest pains and severe migraines. I was hooked up to an I-V and was given the strongest antibiotics in the hospital, painkillers, anti sickness, rehydration fluids and a load of other medications that I don't know the name of. Thankfully they let me come home last night. I've been put on bed rest until I'm better which could be weeks. Im on a strict medication schedule and I'm in agony and am to traumatised to ever get another tattoo. I could have died if I hadn't of gone to a&e. Even though a tattoo shop may look clean and reputable, it doesn't mean that they always are. Just want to spread awareness of sepsis and how it starts.

[jjjjmi]

Condolences to all that lost their loved ones to sepsis 🙏

[BerryKind]

Hello everyone! I am recovering from sepsis and I am now out the hospital. Pain & infection is gone but I cannot help feeling so emotional everyday. I was so terrified when i found out i had sepsis and i actually thought about never going home again, and what my mom and boyfriend would feel if i were no longer here... 😢 I feel so thankful and happy I am still here.. i could never take it for granted. I am so emotional about it all still, and I'm home now but I am still recovering. I thank God I am still here and that my white blood count went down to normal levels. Thanking God for helping me heal and sparing me... giving me another chance.

Please if any of you looked this video up because you have an infection... please go see the ER immediately!!! I waited way too long & i made the mistake of going to an urgent care facility instead of the hospital.... They gave me a prescription for Bactrim but wouldn't lance it.. later on, i found out from multiple hospital doctors that they SHOULD HAVE lanced it then and there, and the antibiotics won't work until the abcess is drained!! I had symptoms of sepsis already while i was there, but they didn't pick up on it. They just thought i was dehydrated... even though they did diagnose cellulitis and an infected abcess.
The urgent care NP told me if my abcess didn't drain on its own in 3 days to come back, and they would cut it open... well, nope, 3 days went by, and i went to the hospital instead... and im glad i did because i had sepsis!!!! 😮😢
If urgent care would have lanced it 3 days later like they planned, they would have sent me home while i had sepsis, and I'd have died !!!! Please dont go to an urgent care for an infection!! If it's painful and swollen for more than 2 days... go to the hospital!! It's better to be safe than sorry, and i definitely learned my lesson. Every doctor in the hospital from the ER to the surgical floor expressed immense dislike of the urgent care facilities. 😢 i waited too long & it could have cost me my life... i am so thankful i am still here and so thankful for the ER doctor who cut and drained it and all the nurses who gave me my IV antibiotics & fluids.... i pray all of you who land on this video find health and care 🙏🏼 ❤️

[ItsJoshHarlow]

My mother passed from sepsis brought on most likely by a UTI. She had all these symptoms and didn't go to the hospital until it was too late.

[Joanna-edgw]

Actually my lovely grandma has it right now.. I hope that there are any little chances that she will be fine again.. She doesn't deserve it. Spend a loooot of time with your family members or people who you love because, you won't even know when the bad time will come to them.. I'm wishing all of you and your families a lot of health and love. God bless you❤️

[neysarae]

I’m recovering from a kidney infection, truly the worst pain I’ve ever felt and worried about sepsis. This is very scary

[al_automotive]

Had it when I was 11, had antibiotics 4x a day and I was in hospital for a month, I am now 17 and looking back on that moment I was lucky to still be alive so live every day you can as you don’t know what day can be your last 💪

[sumox]

I’m glad to see all these people that have survived sepsis, unfortunately my uncle wasn’t so lucky...

[kessyg.]

My 7 years old nephew died because of Sepsis a month ago 😭😢 im still searching now what is Sepsis 😭😭😭 he stayed 38 Days in Hospital.