2 weeks ago
Girl, 19, Develops Sepsis After Appendix Bursts, Survives
Lottie Perks is a 19-year-old girl who got very sick with stomach pain and vomiting.
At first, doctors thought she just had a stomach bug.
But Lottie got worse very quickly, shaking and feeling freezing cold.
Her appendix, a small pouch inside the belly, had burst.
When it burst, germs spread inside her body and caused a very dangerous illness called sepsis.
Sepsis happens when the body fights an infection too hard and starts hurting itself.
It can make organs stop working, so doctors had to do emergency surgery on Lottie.
She was given strong medicine and special care in the hospital, and she got better.
Lottie went back to university, but she still feels very tired and has tummy pain.
Doctors say sepsis can start from something as simple as a virus, so it is important to get help fast if someone feels very unwell.
Lottie Perks was 19 when severe stomach pain and vomiting were initially dismissed as a stomach bug.
Tests revealed her appendix had burst, triggering sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition.
She collapsed with plummeting blood pressure and a racing heart rate, entering septic shock before emergency surgery.
Doctors warned her organs were beginning to fail; antibiotics, intensive care and life-support measures helped her survive.
Lottie returned to university but still experiences fatigue, dizziness, stomach pain, bouts of sickness and difficulty keeping warm.
- Who
- Lottie Perks, 19, and her mother Laura Perks
- What
- Lottie developed sepsis and septic shock after her appendix burst, requiring emergency surgery and intensive care before she recovered
- Where
- Not specified in the article
- When
- Not specified in the article (Lottie was 19 at the time)
- Why
- The burst appendix spread bacteria and infected material into her abdomen, triggering an extreme immune response that threatened her organs
Key facts
- Patient
- Lottie Perks, 19
- Cause
- Burst appendix triggering sepsis and septic shock
- Initial diagnosis
- Stomach bug; doctors said it was nothing serious
- Treatment
- Emergency surgery, antibiotics, intensive care and life-support measures
- Septic shock event
- Collapse with plummeting blood pressure and dangerously high heart rate
- Outcome
- Survived and returned to university
- Ongoing symptoms
- Fatigue, dizziness, stomach pain, bouts of sickness, difficulty keeping warm
- Source
- Mirror report via NDTV
Quotes
Laura Perks
Mother of Lottie Perks, describing her daughter's collapse
“"She collapsed in my arms as her eyes rolled back in her head. Her blood pressure plummeted and her heart rate raced dangerously high. I thought this was the end,"”
NDTV
“"Sepsis doesn't need a cut, injury or an appendix bursting. It can be from something as simple as a virus."”
NDTV
Sources
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