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Health experts have warned against self-medication as blood poisoning, commonly known as sepsis, claims lives, especially from infections that resist treatment.
They say that about four in every ten people who die of blood poisoning have infections caused by germs that no longer respond to available medicines.
Sepsis happens when the body's immune system has an extreme response to an infection. The body's reaction causes damage to its own tissues and organs.
Dr Charles Olaro, the director general of health services at Uganda's Ministry of Health, said without urgent treatment, sepsis can cause shock, organ failure, and death within hours.