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After sepsis
About your diagnosis
Recovery after sepsis can take weeks or months. Physical weakness, sleep problems and emotional effects are common.
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Your medicines
Complete this section with your clinical team before discharge, including new, changed and stopped medicines.
Medicine safety: Complete infection treatment and understand which pre-admission medicines have changed.
Your recovery
Rest, nutrition and medicines
Slowly rebuild strength
Ongoing recovery may continue
Review persistent problems
How am I doing today?
What should I expect?
- Marked tiredness
- Weakness/deconditioning
- Poor appetite
- Sleep or concentration problems
- Anxiety/low mood can occur
When should I get help?
- Recovery is not progressing
- Persistent fever
- Wound/infection concerns
- Significant mood/cognitive difficulties
- New severe infection symptoms
- Confusion/drowsiness
- Severe breathlessness
- Mottled/pale skin with illness
- Collapse
Returning to normal life
Driving: Wait until strength, concentration and underlying illness make driving safe.
Work: A phased return is often appropriate after severe sepsis.
Travel: Consider recovery, mobility and access to care before early travel.
Exercise: Rebuild gradually; rehabilitation/physiotherapy may be needed.
Your follow-up
- GP review after significant sepsis
- Review organ complications
- Rehabilitation/mental-health support if required
Before I leave hospital
I understand my diagnosis
I know my medicines and changes
I have received my prescription
I know my follow-up plan
I know the warning signs
I know who to contact
I have received my patient information sheet