Hi,
I’m writing here cause sometimes I’m hopeless and helpless. I read about infections complications like septicemia and sepsis that cause organs failure and death.
My fear is getting an infection even mild and maybe lack of sleep will worsen my condition leading to the worst complications like septicemia. I don’t know how to overcome this
sorry you’re worried about this. First of all, reading about things like this is only going to create fear in your mind which will snowball. The odds of this happening are not very big so focusing on it and worrying was just going to waste your time .
we could be worried about 1 million things happening to us. Things like heart attacks, strokes, getting hit by a car, assaults, carjackings, car accidents, etc. The list goes on and on and on.
I know because I used to do that myself and I literally wasted years of my life worrying about something bad happening. Nothing bad ever happened and I can never get back those years! Please don’t do this to yourself. You are over thinking this.
none of us can predict what’s going to happen in our life, but the key is to do your best taking care of yourself, get some exercise, visit the doctor once a year at least, eat healthy, and enjoy your life.
we have to face the fact that some things are just out of our control. but that’s life!
But we can look at facts and logic instead of fear and worry. Use facts and logic with thinking. Emotions like fear are not based on reality.
One fact about septicemia is that if you treat it early, it can be cured. Another fact is that statistics say it’s highly unlikely that it will happen to any one specific individual. . there are other things in life with a way higher mortality risk.
keep yourself busy so you don’t think about these things. Enjoy your life. We are not given even 100 years in most cases, so why spend life with worry? Do things that make you laugh and smile! stay off of Google because it’s a waste of time. Take care
Hi Adam, I also deal with health anxiety so I know how it can feel like all your fears are super real and that if you stop worrying about it you might not notice the signs of an infection or sepsis. I can’t really tell you exactly how to manage it since I still experience those thoughts and panic attacks about my health often. Just now I had a panic attack that I was having a rash as an allergic reaction to a new antibiotic I’m taking, called my boyfriend in absolute panic and he was like “send me a picture” to which I replied that it wouldn’t show up on camera. It’s moments like that that make me realize a lot of my anxiety is based on absolutely made up stuff - if i had a rash it would show up in a picture. Same with infections and sepsis, you would have symptoms of an infection, and the symptoms would get very bad before leading to sepsis (lots of pain, redness, pus, etc.) I totally understand your struggle, know you are not alone and come here instead of Google. Hugs!
But I’m scared maybe I will get a mild infection like throat and due anxiety or fear of complications I won’t sleep then if I won’t sleep my immune system won’t be able to fight the infection and I will die due those complications. There’s no solution for this problem that’s why I feel hopeless.
Every bacterial infection from mild like can worsen if you are immune compromised and spread to the blood streams to the rest of the body causing all organs damage leading to septicemia
It’s true that any infection, even a mild one, can spread to the blood, but there are usually signs of the infection getting worse before it does this. Maybe try asking your doctor for more factual information on how it works, but I think you would see a lot of redness and pain before it spread to the blood.