Beatrice Johnson suffered severe septic shock and owes her survival to a product that is very common in our cupboards: baking soda.
- Beatrice Johnson was hospitalized because she was suffering from severe septic shock. As she lapsed into a coma, doctors gave her only a few days to live.
- In a last-ditch attempt to save her, doctors injected baking soda into her IV. Baking soda can act like dialysis in severe cases.
- Beatrice’s condition improved after treatment.
In December 2023, Beatrice Johnson went into severe septic shock and developed an infection called necrotizing fasciitis that was “eating” her nose. With her life in danger, doctors tried to save her by adding baking soda to her treatment as an alternative to dialysis.
The 60-year-old British woman claims in the English press that she owes her life to this very common product, also called sodium bicarbonate.
Sepsis and kidney failure: baking soda as a last resort
A few days before Christmas, the sixty-year-old began to feel weak. Over the hours, her condition worsened to the point that she had great difficulty climbing the stairs of her home. She then decided to call for help. “When the paramedics came, they couldn’t find my blood pressure. They were surprised that I was still conscious”Beatrice confided to the Mirror.
Tests at the hospital revealed that she was suffering from sepsis that was progressing to its severe form: septic shock. Sepsis, formerly known as septicemia, is caused by an abnormal response of the immune system to an infection. The cause of the British woman’s condition is not known. “I have no idea how I got sepsis, it could have been a torn ligament in my thumb”she explained.
Her kidneys began to show signs of failure. The patient then lost consciousness and was put on life support. Her condition worsened so much that doctors called her three children so they could say goodbye to her.
In a last-ditch attempt to save her, she claims doctors put baking soda into her IV. Asked by the Sun, A hospital representative confirmed that “Sodium bicarbonate treatment is commonly used in our intensive care units.” It serves as an alternative to dialysis for some patients.
After receiving this new treatment, the 60-year-old woman gradually recovered and came out of her coma a week later.
A flesh-eating disease attacked his nose
“I remember seeing many tubes coming out of my body around me. I could only communicate by blinking, but I could feel that I was healing.”
When Beatrice woke up, she learned that her nose had been hit by a necrotizing fasciitis which English speakers also call “flesh-eating disease”They call it that because it attacks skin tissue.
Doctors gave her antibiotics to stop the bacterial infection. Today she is cured, but the tip of her nose is still numb. She was finally released from the hospital on February 2 after 43 days of hospitalization.
“I’m shocked to still be here.” “I never thought baking soda would save my life”she told the British press.
Woman ‘hours from death’ after bacteria ate her nose is saved by baking soda
https://t.co/AMAlAWQXF3— The Sun (@TheSun) July 6, 2024