Sepsis worry

[Grace360]

I'm so afraid of something bad happening. Especially sepsis.
I have a cut because I cut myself a few days ago. It was on my moms door. It was this piece of metal that sticks out and I cut myself on it. It soon turned to a small open wound. Then some bleeding. I've done my best. Keeping it clean and covered, ect. There were some bumps. I work and one time the cut got.. wet because it was still kinda open? I had to clean and bandage it. Today it got wet and something came out. I think pus perhaps. It's still kinda red but I've been cleaning and covering. I still worry immensely about sepsis among other things. I also still have the anxiety that someone will poison me. I hate this! Especially since I saw a story once of a girl who died of sepsis but was only displaying anxiety symptoms beforehand. Not to mention my other symptoms. The occasional diarrhea, the pain in random places that comes and goes, neurological symptoms. Still the shortness of breath as well. Not to mention the fact that I saw a story a while ago of a young girl who died from sepsis. Beforehand she only displayed symptoms that was similar to anxiety honestly. This sucks.

 

[bin_tenn]

You don't have sepsis, that's not how it works. Keep the wound clean as you have been, and it'll heal in due time.

 

[Cuchculan]

Is the same problems over and over again. Has been for a long time now. Fair to say help is needed. Should have been gotten a long time ago. Because this is something you can not fix by yourself.

 

[Iugrad91]

Many of your posts say ‘I read/heard a story’. Although you can’t forget things you already read or heard, eliminating these kinds of triggers from your life will go a long way in helping overcome your anxiety.

Also keep in mind that many times those stories leave out critical information and your anxious mind fills in things or makes connections to your own symptoms that aren’t there or are so common anyone would have them. Linking anxiety symptoms to sepsis is not sound correlation.

 

[Grace360]

Update on the sepsis worry. Still worried I have it. A week ago I got my blood drawn from my veins a lot within a week long period. It's because I went to the ER twice and then I finally got a doctors appointment and they took my blood for testing at all three occasions and I'm afraid getting my blood drawn so much increased my risk.

 

[Cuchculan]

No chance of that at all. When people get blood work done, as a rule, they fill up about 6 vials with your blood. Should everybody be worried about the same thing? Because people even donate blood in large enough amounts. So there is enough blood to go around. Enough to be taken for all these tests and more. Without any risk of causing any harm at all to the patient.

 

[Iugrad91]

It doesn’t work that way Grace. Thousand of people, if not more, get blood drawn each day. Nobody gets sepsis from it. Sepsis is rare. Think about all the times we cut ourselves, get scrapes as kids, etc... and are fine.

 

[Nicole0814]

Update on the sepsis worry. Still worried I have it. A week ago I got my blood drawn from my veins a lot within a week long period. It's because I went to the ER twice and then I finally got a doctors appointment and they took my blood for testing at all three occasions and I'm afraid getting my blood drawn so much increased my risk.

Grace, my HA has been very bad in the past, sounds like where you are, and I am wondering if you are talking to a therapist or doctor? I really feel for you because I know it’s horrible. My HA came rearing it’s head back in the last month or so and now I have a heart monitor on. Scared of heart issues, lung issues, etc. I can tell you that as long as you are cleaning the cut your chance of sepsis is reallllllyyyy low. Heck, even if you didn’t clean it your chance is low. Also, the blood being drawn is not going to cause you to get sepsis. If you haven’t already, please reach out to a professional for help. I can just feel your anxiety through the message and I want you to feel better. We are always here for you but I think professional help is always a good thing too!

 

[Chanindu Gunatilleke]

I'm so afraid of something bad happening. Especially sepsis.
I have a cut because I cut myself a few days ago. It was on my moms door. It was this piece of metal that sticks out and I cut myself on it. It soon turned to a small open wound. Then some bleeding. I've done my best. Keeping it clean and covered, ect. There were some bumps. I work and one time the cut got.. wet because it was still kinda open? I had to clean and bandage it. Today it got wet and something came out. I think pus perhaps. It's still kinda red but I've been cleaning and covering. I still worry immensely about sepsis among other things. I also still have the anxiety that someone will poison me. I hate this! Especially since I saw a story once of a girl who died of sepsis but was only displaying anxiety symptoms beforehand. Not to mention my other symptoms. The occasional diarrhea, the pain in random places that comes and goes, neurological symptoms. Still the shortness of breath as well. Not to mention the fact that I saw a story a while ago of a young girl who died from sepsis. Beforehand she only displayed symptoms that was similar to anxiety honestly. This sucks.

Poor you, Maybe something happened when you cut yourself, did you cut yourself near the stomach area, Torso,