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.