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The mother of a three-year-old boy who died from sepsis a day after he was discharged from a Plymouth hospital felt she was ...
JUST hours after doctors sent her son home from hospital with an ‘ear infection’, Kayleigh Kenneford held his hand as he died ...
Anne's sister, Veronique Channevy, said she was unaware of what sepsis was before her sister died from the condition. "It's ...
If sepsis is not treated early, it can turn into septic shock and cause the body’s organs to fail. People may need additional support in intensive care units – a ventilator to help them ...
Meningitis is every parent’s worst nightmare. We’re often told to look out for that tell-tale rash which doesn’t disappear when you hold a glass down on it, but there are many more symptoms of the ...
Petechial rash is a warning sign. Overall, febrile patients with petechial rash were more likely to have sepsis or meningitis (OR 8.5, 95% CI 5.3–13.1; P<.001) and bacterial infections (OR 1.4 ...
The following day Theo was taken to the emergency department with a rash on his chest with red dots, a temperature of 40.2C ... "I thought he had sepsis and was in septic shock." ...
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We’re often told to look out for that tell-tale rash which doesn’t disappear when you hold a glass down on it, but there are many more symptoms of the illness that parents know little about.