Sepsis Alliance provides information and resources to help you better understand your or your loved one’s sepsis diagnosis.
Sepsis Alliance provides information and resources to help you better understand your or your loved one’s sepsis diagnosis.
For anyone recently diagnosed with sepsis, this is the place to start.
Some sepsis survivors recover completely and resume their lives, while others may struggle to cope with enduring effects of their illness. Here you can find information to help you navigate post-sepsis life.
When your loved one becomes ill with sepsis, you may not know what sepsis is or how to help them. Here are resources that may help you navigate this complex and difficult journey.
Losing a loved one to sepsis can leave you with grief as well as many questions. Here are answers to some of the questions you may have after losing a loved one to sepsis.
Sepsis Alliance Connect is the virtual support community for anyone affected by sepsis.
In May 2024, I gave birth while unknowingly battling invasive group A strep (Sepsis and Group A Streptococcus) —a life-threatening infection that went undiagnosed. The signs of maternal sepsis (Sepsis and Pregnancy & Childbirth) were there, but they were dismissed, and my husband and I were never taught what to watch for. I was lucky enough to get to the hospital to be seen and I was placed in ICU and needed emergency life saving surgery. I was in critical condition, fighting for my life. It was only after surgery, I began to realize my condition was severe, and there was a lack of awareness ... Read Full Story
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In September of 2023 I started having pain in my left knee, it progressed quickly to the point I couldn’t walk. I went to the ER 3 times crying in pain and they really didn’t do anything. To them I was obese and already had arthritis so why look further. The next night I couldn’t take the pain anymore. My sister brought me to the ER and yelled at them to do something. I don’t remember much until I woke up about 2 weeks later on a ventilator. My sister told me I had MRSA in the knee and I ... Read Full Story
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On July 14, 2024, I stepped on a cat’s foot or tail and it bit me. Little did I know that despite seeking medical care and receiving my first antibiotic doses within 36 hours of the bite, that I would end up admitted to the hospital with secondary cellulitis and sepsis by the fifth day following the bite. (Sepsis and Animal Bites, Sepsis and Cellulitis) I was very fortunate that I made it to the hospital before I reached the point of having septic shock. Because the specific bacteria (Strep type A) was not identified until the third day of ... Read Full Story
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On January 22, 2025 I woke up with 102° temp. Took ibuprofen went back to bed. January 23 woke up again at night 102° took ibuprofen didn’t think too much of it. January 24 103° temp and my lower left side of my back was in a lot of pain. January 25, could barely walk 103°, call the ambulance to go to the hospital. Arrived 4a.m. took test had to wait for the lab for blood results. I left, told the doctor if it gets worse I’ll come back. At 1a.m. the 26 of Jan, hospital called told me to ... Read Full Story
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I was sick on and off four times in a month and a half, which I just attributed to my less than ironclad immune system being exposed to baby and daycare germs. The third time I got sick, I thought, “Ok really that’s enough! I’m going in to urgent care to see if we can nip this in the bud.” But all the tests came back negative. And then the next few days I felt back to normal. Well, a week or so later, I start feeling sick again. Thursday morning I woke up and was definitely sick. Same drill. ... Read Full Story
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