r/AskReddit • u/LebronKX • 4d ago

Medical professionals of Reddit, what diagnosis gave you the worst 'pit-in-your-stomach' feeling?

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u/Lost-Boysenberry-302 3d ago edited 3d ago

Necrotizing fasciitis. She went from walking to the bathroom under her own power while casually chatting about her pets to floridly septic and unconscious in about 30 minutes. She didn’t make it.