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Sepsis: Dr Chris reveals how to reduce risk of infection<\/h3>\n

A young man was left fighting for his life in a coma after his symptoms of a blood infection were dismissed as the flu. Devan Hopkins, 24, first started feeling unwell in October last year but was told by a doctor that he was experiencing winter flu symptoms.<\/p>\n

But a few weeks later he was suffering from severe headaches and exhaustion. Despite having two blood tests he was prescribed migraine tablets.<\/p>\n

These did nothing and his headaches got worse. In the meantime he was also rapidly shedding weight, losing around four kilos.<\/p>\n

Although he wasn\u2019t sure if he should travel due to his health, labourer Devan went on a planned holiday with his then girlfriend to Prague. But he returned looking \u201cgaunt and pale\u201d.<\/p>\n

Devan said: “When they [his parents] saw me, they were shocked and extremely worried at how gaunt and pale I had become. Looking back at photos now it\u2019s quite shocking to see how thin I had become in such a short space of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He went again to his doctor where he underwent further blood tests and was told he had a heart murmur.<\/p>\n

Devan, from Morecambe in Lancashire, said: “Normally I\u2019m really fit and healthy and have only occasionally needed to go to the doctor.<\/p>\n

“A few weeks later, I went back to the doctor for more blood tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy this point, the infection markers and other blood markers had gone through the roof and it was on this appointment that the doctor heard a loud heart murmur.<\/p>\n

“We had no idea the nightmare that was ahead.”<\/p>\n

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