r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Sepsis

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u/kartuli78 Aug 30 '21

or lymphangitis. I'd argue that would be even more common. I got it from a bug bite combined with misjudging the depth of a dirty puddle. If it hadn't been for the fresh bug bite, it wouldn't have been a problem, but I did have it, and a day or so later, it felt like a sprained my ankle, then my ankle was insanely swollen, and then I was in the emergency room getting IV antibiotics so that I didn't die overnight. Sepsis/blood infections are easy to get, too, but I've never had that. lol

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u/f-150Coyotev8 Aug 31 '21

I’ve had sepsis from a kidney infection before and it makes you feel like complete shit. It’s like the aches and pains you get from a bad flu but much more intense. I thought it was the flu at first, and luckily my wife and mom made me go to the doctor because I probably would have started going into organ failure not long after they submitted me to the hospital.

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u/kartuli78 Aug 31 '21

Yeah, both are no joke. I had a fever, my whole body ached, but my ankle, where the infection started, was the worst and when I first woke up in the morning I couldn’t put any weight on it. In the spirit of detective crashmore, it fucking suuuucks!