Losing limbs to sepsis | DW Documentary

[@nunyabznz]

I was in septic shock last year. I had no idea how truly blessed to have gotten immediate help and kept my limbs. I pray for your continued growth❤❤❤

[@TheGrace020]

same

[@BinaryBlueBull]

Same here. Staphylococcus Aureus, about a year ago. Started with a tiny wound on the tip of my elbow. A wound like I've had hundreds of times before. It got a bit infected, like has happened numerous times before that as well and it looked like any other common minor infection. Then after about a week of minor infection I woke up with an egg-sized lump on my elbow and a slight fever. A few hours later my entire elbow turned bright red in a single hour, soon followed by my entire arm. After that the infection really exploded. This was the moment it reached my bloodstream the infectious disease specialist told me afterwards. I was in sepsis, by which time I was luckily already in the ER. Very high fever, resting heart rate of about 150 average with peaks above 200, confusion, delirium, mild hallucinations,.... It was scary how insanely fast it progressed and went downhill and even more scary when the first two antibiotics they administered did not work at all. Note that I'm deathly allergic to penicillin, which is the primary antibiotic against Staph infection, so I can't have that(*). It became even more scary when the specialist then asked me "if this progresses further and we need to make hard decisions, do we have your permission to amputate? Because you are going into septic shock and we are running out of options". Luckily, the third broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotic they administered worked very well and very fast and I went from incredibly ill to just a bit under the weather over the course of a few hours. I've had a few other occurrences before that which made it clear that I am quite sensitive to Staphylococcus Aureus but nothing like that last time. Since that happened, I religiously disinfect any and all wounds I have, no matter how tiny and I do so immediately and vigorously. I carry a strong topical disinfectant everywhere I go. I also have all my limbs, luckily and only have some internal scar tissue in my elbow and a minor phobia of it happening again. It could have been much worse. I was lucky that when I consulted him, my family doctor immediately recognized what was happening and called an ambulance to take me to the ER (*) The specialist told me afterwards that if the third antibiotic wouldn't have worked, they were planning to give me penicillin, even though I'm deathly allergic. They would have tried to suppress the symptoms of the anaphylactic shock which would have undoubtedly followed. That would have been way less dangerous than not giving me penicillin. A matter of possible death or certain death

[@mytravls]

Infection that you caused? Or was it caused at the hospital you were at? In all of the cases here, I never hear it’s the hospitals error

[@mariahewitt9787]

​@@mytravls Very good point.

[@yellowdayz1800]

Did you get vaccinated previous before?

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

And big shout out for the brilliant physiotherapists who help their patients so kindly and carefully🎉😊

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

Thank you DW for educating us the public about sepsis. I had no idea. But biggest thanks to Georg and wife for sharing with us their inspiring love and courage. It shows a remarkable bravery of the human spirit after such an experience. Wishing all the best for the future to him and his family. ❤

[@somerandomfella]

What a resilient man.

[@incognito4344]

Wow eye opening to not take small cuts for granted , God bless this man

[@Coordinator61]

Nothing to do with any god.

[@hfud11]

G0d doesn't exist. Sorry

[@AlphineWolf]

It's why it's prudent to always disinfect even a minor cut

[@norbethobsid19]

2 months ago today I almost lost my life to sepsis due to tubo-ovarian abscess. I am blessed I survived without severe complications like this. I thank God I still here😊

[@Corteum]

Gald you're okay now. Btw, did you have the "safe and effective"?

[@hfud11]

G

[@daucher316]

Would love to see more GPs implement sepsis risk scores into their practice, not just hospitals

[@MandoDando]

Imagine if this happened and you are poor. It would be even harder. I can't imagine.

[@justayoutuber1906]

And the media doesn't do stories on them because no one cares about them. sad

[@HelenaMikas]

I had sepsis but was lucky to see a Dr and he knew what was happening ..Your recovery after such an ordeal is wonderful to see .You have what it takes and will make it .Greetings to you and your lovely family .👏🏻❤

[@joyp6379]

Super courageous and inspiring! Best wishes to Georg! Thank you for bringing up the awareness on Sepsis!

[@privacyvalued4134]

Doctors don't take injuries seriously. This is how you lose limbs. Shame on those two doctors who decided it wasn't serious!

[@curoseba5363]

Sometimes it’s really not up the doctors. Every individual circumstance is different. If you don’t have symptoms of sepsis doctors usually don’t have a reason to worry. It’s that simple. Doctors are humans they have criteria to treat because they have to justify every single decision they make to their institutions. Sometimes it’s not the doctors is the bureaucracy running the whole operation. You will be surprised what load of nonsense goes on in the hospital.

[@aroukapenn]

Unfortunately, *NOT* all doctors come with the greatest *COMPETENCE!!!* Trust me, you are lucky when you get one that does, obviously could have made a grave difference!!!

[@Meghnaaad]

It was a small injury, he's just unlucky.

[@sapphireemerald6882]

I beg to differ here. Because I think you have a variety of doctors available in the same field. So if you are not satisfied with one. You can go to another one + when we search on Internet. We get learn a lot about a certain disease and its remedies and cures and preventive measures we need to take. The first step is the most difficult. Detecting a disease. That is where the competency of a doctor is challeged. Scabies and Sepsis are slightly different but with same organ failure result. So take your medical conditions seriously

[@RichRich1955]

Mostly the person who gets a wound doesn't deal with it promptly

[@justayoutuber1906]

Sepsis was within hours of killing my neighbor after she had a hip replacement at 38.

[@stanleykubrick8786]

Wow! Thank you so much to Georg and DW for creating this - certainly many people, including myself had no idea about Sepsis nor the connection to mice and the many diseases they carry. Another superbly produced video!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! ☺️

[@StudentOfEnglish]

I just can't believe it... thanks for the video. I love this channel. Many hugs to the family!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@DirtyPawedPanda]

Georg is a hero! 👍

[@kuchenkoren4051]

This kind of sepsis almost take my daughter's leg out. A staph infection, then 10 days treatment by incompetent doctors has made it worse. Luckily I decided to move her to other hospitals who knew better and react faster, even it little bit too late. Her leg is now dismorphed but at least still in place.

[@Jand4291]

Glad she is alive and you were proactive to get her the care needed. She is bless to have you there to protect her. How did her infection started, if you don't mind sharing.

[@Ipetam]

Almost died of septic shock a few years ago. Im a type 1 diabetic and it was fungal sepsis so they just fed eachother. I was in a coma for a month, on a ventilator with many complications. Thanks to my amazing medical team im alive with few complications(post sepsis syndrome). I feel so lucky and have great respect for those who persevere after losing limbs or more.

[@AuroraClair]

Disgusting, two doctors dismissed his infection!! 😢😢 They should return their licence because they caused a person such harm because they brushed it off

[@AuroraClair]

I was happy to see him back on the skies again, that was very nice to see :) I didn't even know there was a chair that could be fitted with skies - and the way the chair bends in the corners was awesome

[@unassailable6138]

Always keep some broad spectrum antibiotics so that you dont depend on ''doctors'' when you get a wound or cut

[@1Clearwords]

​@@unassailable6138Using antibiotics as a prophylactic leads to antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

[@_Reviewer]

@AuroraClair, Agree. Doctors are careless because nobody is there to hold them accountable for their carelessness and non-serious attitude.

[@galop13ful]

Doctors dismissing things like this is a classic in Germany.

[@BreeLayn]

I lost my hands and feet shins down and obviously I understand this man completely. I was 36. Coma a month. Hospital a year. I would love to meet you and give u a hug!

[@winniealwayo700]

Dear Lawwd😢😢.Bless you Giorg

[@call2872]

He is a strong man. Such incidents could break any person.

[@Prah123]

poor guy

[@kristensorensen2219]

Little injuries are no joke!! Wash your hands and always clean and disinfect any injury. Always bandage injuries to keep them clean and change the bandage if it gets contaminated!! This sort of thing is avoidable with proactive action. Ignorance is avoidable!! This is no kind of life. It is quality not quantity that matters. The cost to society of this kind of negligence is staggering!! Look at how this careless act affects this entire family! Only an extremely wealthy society can do this.

[@mikebeagley]

What a difference having a supportive and loving family unit around you to bolster and encourage you to accept, learn and adapt to a new bodily configuration. It's way tougher to stay positive and move forward when your supports turn out to be fair weather only "friends"!

[@myelocake7]

Life keeps going on, why stop living...wonderful story.

[@tatumd1234]

Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you

[@sritik3585]

Very brave , very motivational.

[@derek04151]

I'm a year and a half into recovery from a bad motorcycle accident. I'm hoping this latest surgery (#9) restores my ability to walk. I can relate to a lot of what he says.

[@draco2xx]

tell us what happened, were you flying down the highway at 145mph

[@StrongOneX]

Everyone should learn basic wound care just as everyone should learn CPR, Heimlich manoeuvre and first aid. As an example, how many tradesmen just put some gaffer tape around the fingers or similar wounds. As a mechanic I see it all the time. I just have to shake my head..

[@Mumbo_Jumbo_Kiwi.1]

We just threw dry dirt on open wounds & soldier'd on as kids

[@unicorn-glasses]

See I know all of that stuff, I get regularly certified, but this type of sepsis still freaks me out because I have a couple of medical conditions that make my hands crack and bleed all the time. Literally nothing I can do to avoid outside contaminants except wear gloves which makes it worse. I 100% agree with you (everyone on earth should know CPR, one of my friends is only alive because I knew and could perform it) but we should pair that with making people aware of the earliest signs of infection of any kind.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

It can be hard to spot sepsis. A nurse friend of mine spotted it and saved a man's life. Not spotting the symptoms is a fear of mine and I always watch our for it, but I am afraid of not noticing.

[@michaelreid5615]

What should you be looking for to catch this stuff early? Are there preventative measures?

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

@@michaelreid5615 If you have a wound, make sure to treat it with something from the pharmacy to disinfect it and wear a plaster or bandaid. The signs for sepsis can be googled. Unfortunately it mimics other things like simply having the flu. The person mentioned in the story above was having weekly dialysis so was more prone to it. The elderly are also more prone. Keep hands washed and take care with hygiene. Basically it is an infection that has made it to the blood stream that you haven't been immunized against (keep immunized), so to best try and stop it when you are bleeding keep it clean!

[@007khadijaRazzaq]

Thanks God i have limbs

[@HVS-gk7oo]

For now.

[@onefeather2]

I feel the same, we all take things for granted and sometimes don't remember it is the everyday things that count.❤

[@A1YOLAAA]

I saved my McDonald's manager's life, one night he was scrubbing the vats of the french fry fryer, in order to leave on time that night he starts scrubbing right after turning the machine off, while scrubbing his hand slips and goes about... Elbow deep in the boiling oil, immediately i notice the sheer terror in his face as he literally takes 2 steps over to the employee handwash station and proceeds to rinse his arm with cold water , as hes running water over his arm he takes his other hand and basically shaves a good amount of literal flesh off his arm,,, the other manager was like, " uh oh " are you still going to be able to close??? " , i looked at her dead in the eye and said, " no 8itch call the ambulance ",,,, well 3 days go bye and me and my co worker decide to visit him at home after work,, when his wife came to the door, she was pale like a ghost and could not make eye contact with me, but lead us into the bed room, and he was in the middle of the bed in a 2 inch deep puddle of sweat , i have a lot of medical knowledge and didn't even say a word, just called 911,,, it was tough getting him into the ambulance because he lived in a drug infested trailer park, and he lived on the biggest, safest on,,, in the verrry back,,, so the ambulance couldn't get close... It was a nightmare but im convinced that his wife was just in shock, didnt know what to do with her obviously dying gusband and her 3 kids...and would not haved called anyone until he was a stiff cold body

[@PrincessZoee]

My prayers for you my brother. From Pakistan

[@Jan-w4s]

You ARE amazing!

[@roninxix4428]

My brother almost died last year from Sepis, he lost some fingers and needed a skin graft in one arm. Getting out was of the hospital is only half the battle, the mental portion continues.

[@aashikdharmaraj]

Great doctors who saved life ❤👍

[@คมกริชศรีมาชัย-ฐ1จ]

Energy​ mind​ to​ you​ guy.​ You​ are​ strongest​ body​ &​ mind, the​ god​ bless​ you.​ From​ : Thailand.

[@DanaMay-r6q]

What a handsome young man. I'm sure he will meet a beautiful lady to share his life with him.

[@santoshpatil-eo9ol]

God bless you......

[@DanaMay-r6q]

That's just horrible. 😢

[@jakewhoskate]

Sepsis killed my sister. It was deemed medical racist malpractice in court

[@Debbie-henri]

Sad, this poor man was maimed by dismissive doctors. I had heard of another man who stepped backwards onto a strip of carpet gripper. It was just a little rusty, but he ended up losing his leg through sepsis.

[@texasrefugee7888]

I went to a US physician with a blister that wouldn't heal on the end of a big toe. He put a bandaid on it! Asked me why I thought I needed an MD for that! No antibiotics. I developed sepsis osteomyelitis in it and luckily got to ER only had to have half the big toe amputated.

[@miraadi97]

Passionate minds are making it accessible in India too.

[@lindsaybelderson7735]

There should be a way of giving advance instructions to refuse treatment in case of this disease. I would much rather it killed me than end up living like that.

[@lydiathomas2905]

Nimependa alivyo na matumaini mapya. Mungu amsaidie zaidi.

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[@yellowdayz1800]

This is why we need personal holistic drs.. One that knows us and we see regularly.. I am sorry this happened to anyone. ❤

[@stuartsmith3084]

Very scary

[@不幸屋の娘-o6l]

A new phobia unlocked

[@ElysetheEevee]

I almost died from acute septicemia when I was about 7, from a cat bite. Luckily, the meds worked just in time (literally: the black vein was about an inch away from my heart and doctors said five minutes too late and I'd have been dead). Thankfully, no lasting damage that I'm aware of, hopefully. I try to teach my little boy the importance of washing his cuts, no matter how small. He'll generally get a bit of New Skin for most shallow, small cuts and scratches. I feel especially horrible for people that lose so much for something that happens to everyone. The terrible luck of it all, with really no chance for a reroll.

[@Sashazur]

When you get a cat bite you have to see a doctor to get antibiotics immediately. Washing it or using over the counter treatments isn’t enough.

[@Sashazur]

My mom died from sepsis from a perforated ulcer. From feeling fine to passing, was only a couple of days. The hospital in Mexico didn’t figure out what it was until it was too late.

[@MLR-jw5em]

My friend used colloidal silver on his wounds and has gotten so much better. Still has a lot more to go

[@0H9D]

What an amazing story on perseverance, will, heart, determination, family/spousal support, reality & vision. I have learned so much from this video: encouragement, the real value of life & what’s really important in life. And I have in no way experienced a drop in a bucket of your experience. I pray that you have continual success in every aspect of your life in Jesus’ Name. Your life is a testimony to many people. May The Lord continue to bless you & your family💜

[@davinxi5926]

It comes from hospital too…

[@magdam8290]

It's so acary that it is started by a very small cut!!!

[@sunnypisces]

This is what makes a developed country real difference. In a third world country, the health insurance policy would have depleted by the initial treatment itself, and the person would have been forced to survive with a basic wheelchair.

[@davidb2206]

It's not money, it's the morality that differs in the third world. Neither the populace nor the politicians in the third world would care if such a person is begging on the sidewalk for life. Look how they treat the blind.

[@Joseanimee]

​@@davidb2206 First and third world country terms are obsolete. It originated in the cold war where the US and its allies were called firts world and the Soviet union and its allies were the second world and the countries that weren't part of any of these sides were "third world"

[@davidb2206]

@@Joseanimee Then why don't you live in the third world? Somalia and Haiti are welcoming you.

[@Joseanimee]

​@@davidb2206I've got a feeling you aren't getting the point of my comment.

[@92Kandee]

@@davidb2206morality? Westerners have better morals than people from third world countries? Wow, keep lying to yourself. Sometimes it’s not even a matter of not caring about the blind, like you said, but maybe they just don’t have the means to help; AND where they can, they will help. It really depends on the person, NOT because of where you come from. After all, there are still people from your countries struggling; do you help them all?

[@KumariKumari-fw7nc]

There are miracles...believe in them🙏

[@sapphireemerald6882]

There is a reason we are being asked to get a thorough medical check up after every 6 months, even when we are healthy. But in this case it was an accident. I am deeply saddened to see this documentary that how a healthy independent person turned into a dependent person. All thanks to his family that he is couping up with this loss and not making him feel like he is a burden. Same happening to many Palestinians. So support them in this difficult hour. Praying for wellbeing of everyone living on planet earth.

[@CalifornianSupremacy]

No medical check up in the world is checking your skin for sepsis infected wounds. Irrelevant comment.

[@Sashazur]

Sepsis can kill you in a few days. Checkups wouldn’t save anyone from it unless they had very lucky timing AND they wouldn’t have gone to the doctor otherwise.

[@aroukapenn]

*You will learn to cope, sir!!!* More than likely need some sought of antidepressants to help not dwell on your new reality. You will relearn how to do many of the things you use to do. Also, try to *maintain as much of your independence as you can.* Look at what you still can do- you're *NOT bedriiden/tied to a ventilator.* I became a hemipalegic due to medical mishap during surgery and had to forge a new normal. You will be *JUST FINE!!!*

[@megatfaizal3220]

What kind of bacteria cause so much harm from a small cut?

[@TintinBenjamin]

🙏🏿

[@sevena.channel]

I admire his strength because to me, I would prefer to have died than to live like this. I think its unlucky to survive and live like this.

[@eurekamreum5458]

He has a wife and kids, of course he wouldn't just give up on life.

[@sevena.channel]

@@eurekamreum5458 Many men have given up on life despite having a wife and kids so that isn't always enough. But hopefully he can continue to keep going like he has been so far.

[@martinmayer9288]

So, he was @ two so called "Doctors" and they told him there is no problem whit the cut! What a disgrace for the medical community. He must held this 2 "Doctors" full accountable for this mess-up.

[@ComradeCatpurrnicus]

❤️

[@draco2xx]

i rather die without my limbs, my life is now meaningless

[@TextureMindVlogs]

So two doctors gaslit the initial infection, it doesn't surprise me. An advice for everybody: if your wound turns dark brown to black, get antibiotics even if your doctors say it's nothing (amoxicillin is one of the most effective).

[@misiu9049]

I got tendons cut in 2 fingers and I can't work for 3 months. It seems like a pretty minor issue in broader light.

[@SuLokify]

Guy lives in Bielefield apparently. 🤔

[@BruBoyz]

Would he have been able to save his hand if he’d put some alcohol/peroxide on the cut??🤔

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

Every day, several times a day, maybe. But if a germ gets into your bloodstream you need antibiotics immediately, & usually it might not show at first. It's really important to watch any cut or sore very closely.

[@davidb2206]

Immediately. This is why our "old school" moms used to keep "mercurichrome" (mercury) quickly available when we were children and got scrapes. It is no longer available in many countries.

[@evelynwaugh4053]

As soon as you can, wash a cut with soap and rinse under running clean water. If you are out and about in the car and just have some bleach wipes handy, use those, then clean thoroughly as soon as you get back home. I've soaked a minor infection in hydrogen peroxide with good results. I live in the country and it's impossible not to get cut frequently on fence wire, critter bites, etc. As long as you keep your tetanus shots current and disinfect any minor injuries, they won't become serious. There's an assortment of good stuff for cuts/burns: silver ointment, hypochlorus acid, hydrogen peroxide, triple antibiotic ointment, etc. Any time you see a red line moving up from a wound, or it's hot or itchy, or slow healing, see your doctor.

[@Sashazur]

It’s impossible to say for sure. With really bad luck all it would take is some bacteria getting into your bloodstream and that could happen almost instantly.

[@kalimanbuda2389]

I'd rather die, than living a life without my limbs...

[@lotuspocus76312]

Mann muss also irgendwie einen Weg finden um den Sauerstoff in die äußersten Gebiete des Körpers zu bekommen....🤔 Und was passeert eigentlich bei extremer Kühlung des Körpers bei einer Sepsis? 🤔

[@kitcat6053]

He is though.

[@MP_mp20]

😢😢😢😢

[@sukisuki6114]

Look at sepsis claims as adverse reaction.

[@bardnightingale]

To those who say those 2 doctors screwed up ... how often do you even see a doctor for a simple injury? Sepsis happens QUICK! You will be fine and then suddenly you are sick and declining at a rapid rate. We do not know how he presented to the doctors. Was it just a red blister or was he already feverish? We do not know the exact details. None of us were there. People need to quit instantly blaming others when they only know one side of the story. Plus, very little is said of the initial injury or what it was like when he saw the initial docs. This entire story is about coping with the aftermath.

[@mahalak4383]

And india is suffering from overuse of antibiotics

[@dianeryan2440]

May our Heavenly father guide you and keep you in Jesus name 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@alliecat8348]

Are you praying to the same heavenly father that created these life destroying pathogens an inflicted us with them in the first place?

[@Lotus1881]

Lol they are praying to some mythological beings from the past. And they think they are doing something 🤦‍♂️

[@TheStockwell]

🙄

[@kybruv6924]

Couldn’t he have done something the first time around? lol

[@nitromartini1422]

Jesus is worthless. He couldn't even get himself off that cross.

[@justayoutuber1906]

This is why you don't have dirty pets in your bed!!!!!

[@Sashazur]

He didn’t get it from a pet. And if you read the comments you can even get it for no apparent reason at all.

[@romethda3msandha850]

Why dont you start antibiotics early

[@saammahakala]

Extra Cellular Matrix will regrow flesh! Pass it on!

[@thomasjensen6243]

He already lost 4 limbs....now he wants to be decapitated also?

[@Ahdbfbfbeh]

Neurolink

[@michaelfuxeklint4909]

😓😓

[@naibafYT]

And that's why we need AI to help doctors and patients make decisions: to reduce human errors

[@johnking8724]

American by Birth But southern by the Grace of God, i have loss two friends from this very sepsis infections while having his veins replaced in his legs in the hospital, ! go figure ?

[@A1YOLAAA]

You can always go backwards

[@Corteum]

What's the bet he had the "Safe & Effective" jabberwookie? Seems like a lot of people are getting this "spesis" thing have had the jibberjabber.

[@Sashazur]

At this point only kooks haven’t had multiple Covid shots, and doctors know what illnesses they can rarely cause (not this one), so you might just as well blame his problems on drinking water or breathing air.

[@FreeToBe_Me]

The rates are skyrocketing since 2020. Hmm. 🤔

[@ChrisTian-yw7jc]

No, they don't.

[@A1YOLAAA]

Who's to blame?,,,, haha literally the only person at fault is himself

[@BrainInjection007]

I can handover to Dw natural medicine then all infections would go as they never active.I am not joking DW💊

[@Yummy._merrays.]

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[@jdmmg4904]

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