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 2016, what began as a case of the flu and strep throat quickly turned life-threatening when the strep bacteria entered my bloodstream, triggering sepsis. I went into septic shock, and my organs began to fail. I spent a week in the hospital fighting for my life — a battle I’m incredibly grateful to have won. (Sepsis and Influenza, Sepsis and Strep Throat) Today, I’m fortunate to stand here as a healthy young woman, but my experience with sepsis has left a lasting impact. It has not only marked my past but also shaped my future. As Miss Route 66, ... Read Full Story
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Here is my story. I had never heard of sepsis before I prayed that I would get pregnant and did I asked the Lord would he give me a baby girl and he did. I had a doctor appointment the next day. I went in and had a UTI they said but my baby doctor wasn’t too concerned about it so we went to the ultrasound appointment. My water broke and I didn’t know it so they took me to delivery. I was 34 weeks pregnant so my baby was born and then in NICU. I stayed in the hospital ... Read Full Story
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Last year, in 2024, I began to have low-grade fevers (around 99 degrees). I felt sluggish and tired all the time. I could not get in to see my doctor because these fevers were short lived. Then I began having episodes where my temperature went up to 104. I was vomiting and very sick. I went to the ER after I felt well enough to go, but still felt sick. By then, my temperature was down to 102. They ran tests and found it was not covid or the flu, but I was not admitted. They thought it was a ... Read Full Story
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I am a 74-year-old woman and in April 2023 I spent 10 days in ICU with septic shock, 10 days in isolation after contracting Covid and 14 weeks in hospital learning to walk again after losing the use of my arms and legs. (Sepsis and Covid-19) Daunting is an understatement coping with the after effects and I spent nearly two years attending consultant appointments, physio, blood tests and the significant medications and daily injections to alleviate symptoms of a following diagnosis of Adult Onset Stills Disease. I was so lucky not to have lost any limbs but suffered organ damage ... Read Full Story
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On May 8th around midnight I got a high fever and was throwing up for 12 hours. Me and my parents thought it was just the stomach flu. On May 9th, the next day my fever went down and I stopped throwing up. I was still having horrible body aches and could barely walk. I thought it was just bad flu body aches so I didn’t think much of it. That night is when things took a turn for the worst. I couldn’t feel my feet and they were cold and white. My mom said I had black spots all ... Read Full Story
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