Recent experience suggests that the farming community is more susceptible to sepsis due to the nature of their work, their resilience and can-do attitude, their often rural, isolated setting and a reluctance to have time off and/or seek medical attention when not feeling well. If you, or a loved one displays any of the symptoms displayed below, it’s important that you seek medical attention, urgently:
Slurred speech or confusion
Extreme shivering or muscle pain
Passing no urine (in a day)
Severe breathlessness
It feels like you’re going to die
Skin mottled or discoloured
Visit this page to watch a video about Hannah’s story, a 28 year old farmer from Yorkshire who died from the condition.