Sepsis Misdiagnosed as Hangover Highlights Importance of Early Hospital Care

A BBC feature recounts a patient's experience where a persistent sore throat was mistaken for a hangover, delaying treatment until it developed into life-threatening sepsis.

5 Sept, 20:47 — 5 Sept, 20:47

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I brushed off my sore throat as a hangover, but it turned into sepsis

Doctors told Elle Black if she had gone to hospital later the outcome could have been quite different.

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Sepsis Misdiagnosed as Hangover Highlights Importance of Early Hospital Care

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I brushed off my sore throat as a hangover, but it turned into sepsis

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