'I knew it was serious': Medics told mother-of-one, 28, that body aches, stabbing pains and fever were just a UTI...
then she was hit by sepsis and put into a medically induced coma READ MORE: The growing long sepsis crisis: When will the NHS treat it properly? By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:38 EDT, 11 July 2024 | Updated: 07:41 EDT, 11 July 2024 e-mail View comments A mother-of-one has told of her horror after a 'bad cold' left her in an induced coma with sepsis that saw her hair fall out. Leah Denney, from Kettering in Northamptonshire, was an otherwise healthy adult. But in late 2022, the now 28-year-old was struck down with body aches, a high temperature and struggled to keep any food or fluids down.
Worried that cold medication had failed to shift the infection, she visited an out-of-hours urgent care centre. Yet, she claims she was told it was merely a UTI and was prescribed antibiotics. A second appointment saw her given more pills, despite experiencing sharp stabbing pains in her chest and aches in her side, she says.
Leah Denney, from Kettering in Northamptonshire, was an otherwise healthy adult. But in late 2022, the now 28-year-old was struck down with body aches, a high temperature and struggled to keep any food or fluids down Worried that cold medication had failed to shift the infection, she visited an out-of-hours urgent care centre. Yet, she claims she was told it was merely a UTI and was prescribed antibiotics A second appointme.
