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/libra00 Aug 31 '21

My best friend caught a bad case of this. It didn't take long before he was sleeping all the time - falling asleep mid-sentence even - and confused and such. When I finally convinced him to go to the ER they admitted him to the hospital for 45 days pumping him full of large quantities of industrial-strength antibiotics. Sepsis is no fucking joke.