Poverty or pre-existing conditions increase the risk of sepsis, researchers said yesterday.
A history of intensive exposure to antibiotics or a learning disability also increases the risk for the individual.
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition in which the body overreacts to an infection and begins to attack its own tissues and organs.
The latest study, led by a team at the University of Manchester, examined NHS data on 224,000 sepsis cases in England between January 2019 and June 2022.
It found that people from the most deprived communities were 80 per cent more likely to develop sepsis than their counterparts in the most affluent areas. The risk for people with a learning disability was again significantly greater.
Researchers say your risk of sepsis increases if you are poor or have a pre-existing condition (stock photo)
Higher risks were observed associated with cancer, diabetes, smoking and weight problems (stock photo)
The same was true for victims of chronic liver disease and chronic kidney disease. Higher risks were found to be associated with cancer, diabetes, smoking and weight problems.
Co-author Professor Tjeerd van Staa said: “This study highlights the urgent need for sepsis risk prediction models that take into account chronic disease status, deprivation status and learning difficulties along with infection severity.” There is an urgent need to improve sepsis prevention, including more precisely targeting antimicrobials to patients at higher risk.”
Co-author Dr. Colin Brown, head of sepsis at the UK’s Health Security Agency, said: “Tackling inequalities is an important part of our public health approach and a deeper understanding of who gets serious bacterial infections will help us to do “to implement the best targeted interventions” to address these.’
The Manchester study appeared in the journal eClinicalMedicine.
The Mail campaigned for better diagnosis and treatment of c. According to the UK Sepsis Trust, the disease affects 245,000 patients and kills 48,000 people each year.
In adults, sepsis may initially feel like the flu, gastroenteritis or a respiratory infection. Early symptoms include fever, chills, rapid heartbeat and rapid breathing.
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