Carol Fowler Durham was at a faculty meeting at the nursing school where she teaches in 2010, when she began shaking so violently she couldn’t sit still. Fowler did not realize that her body had launched an attack on itself, and that she was becoming deathly ill. Seven years later and fully recovered, Fowler now raises awareness about sepsis, the condition that almost killed her.
Sepsis occurs when a massive immune response to a bacterial infection gets into the blood, Durham, 63, says. The condition quickly can cause tissue damage, organ failure or death. In the United States, more than 1.5 million people get sepsis each year,...
Sepsis occurs when a massive immune response to a bacterial infection gets into the blood, Durham, 63, says. The condition quickly can cause tissue damage, organ failure or death. In the United States, more than 1.5 million people get sepsis each year,...
- 10/17/2017
- by Susan Keating
- PEOPLE.com
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