The little-known warning signs to help you spot sepsis immediately - as doctors warn speed is essential to treatment ** WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT ** By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:57, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 09:02, 22 May 2024 e-mail View comments People have been urged to learn the signs of sepsis after an MP shared how they lost both their hands and feet to the condition. Tory MP for South Thanet Craig Mackinlay thought he simply had the beginnings of a cold in September. He would eventually later wake up in hospital after a 16-day coma to find his limbs had turned completely black and would have to be amputated.

Mr Mackinlay, 57, is making a heroic return to work as the 'bionic MP' and has said he also wants to raise awareness of the need to spot sepsis as quickly as possible. So what are the early signs of the condition that kills an estimated 48,000 Brits per year, equivalent to just over five per hour? MP Craig Mackinlay has broken his silence after losing both of his hands and feet to sepsis admitting he was 'lucky to be alive' after the horrific illness left him with four prosthetic limbs Bacterial infections are one of the most common causes of sepsis. Blood tests can look for an increase in white blood cells, which indicates an infection is present Sepsis is known as a ‘silent killer’, and is when the body's immune system goes into overdrive in response to an infection such as UTI ort chest infection.

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