No one likes to spend any significant amount of time in a hospital, whether it’s here in Houston or elsewhere. You can’t move around much, nurses and other staff periodically wake you, and, well, the food often leaves much to be desired. However, on occasion, it may be necessary in…
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Did you undergo an invasive medical procedure on your spine? If so, your doctors probably informed you that anytime the surface of the skin is broken, the risk of infection exists, but he or she may have downplayed the seriousness of this possibility. Whether your doctor puts too much faith in the…
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Surgical procedures, misdiagnosed or undiagnosed medical conditions, or other injuries could result in you contracting an infection. If allowed to progress without treatment, the infection could ultimately turn into sepsis and then septic shock. Medical staff may send you home with the impression that nothing is wrong with you. Then,…
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The days after a surgical procedure are often the most critical for a number of reasons. Even if you underwent outpatient surgery, your doctor should monitor you closely and diligently follow up with you to ensure that you don’t suffer any adverse effects from the procedure, including an infection. What…
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After you underwent a surgical procedure or otherwise spent time in a hospital, doctors may have told you that you contracted an infection that developed into sepsis. Perhaps they failed to tell you, at least at first, just how serious this particular condition can be. You may also not have been told…
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You may not even remember much about your stay in the intensive care unit. You may have woken up in a normal hospital room to find that your stay in the ICU gave you a life-threatening case of sepsis. Doctors may have told you that they treated you for this…
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