Sepsis, or blood poisoning, occurs when the body's own defense mechanisms are no longer sufficient to contain a local infection. The consequences can be multiple organ failure and septic shock, as the well-known actor Fritz Wepper is said to have experienced.
If sepsis is treated too late or not adequately, it can have serious health consequences. The earlier treatment begins, the better the chances of survival. Pay attention to possible sepsi warning signs and call emergency medical services. The more time that passes and the person affected does not receive adequate medical treatment, the greater the physical damage to multi-organ failure, coma, and inadequate limbs, which subsequently have to be amputated in order to save the patient's life. For example, this is what a 14-year-old boy from Mönchengladbach found out - his sepsis was probably caused by a pathogen from a flu-like infection.