Viral Photo Shows How A Mom Saved Her Son's Life By Recognizing Signs Of Sepsis

Mom Saves Son's Life After Noticing A Red Stripe On His Arm That Led To Sepsis Diagnosis

A mom in the United Kingdom is sharing photos of her son's scary injury to warn others about a life-threatening medical condition.

In a Facebook post that's gone viral, Alexandra Ruddy, a mom of an eight-year-old boy in the UK, shares a story about how she discovered her son to have"A week or so ago the littlest fell over at the zoo," she wrote in the Facebook post."He took quite a bashing but once we got home I cleaned him up.

"When the doctor saw it he commended me on [recognizing] it and getting down ASAP. This is blood poisoning/ sepsis. It isn’t something you can 'leave' until Monday when the doctors are back in the office," she said., is the body's extreme response to infection, and is a life-threatening condition in which the body actually injures its own tissues and organs. Basically, it's no joke. More than 1.5 million people get sepsis each year in the U.S.

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