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ER doctor reveals how pneumonia can suddenly turn deadly after Kyle Busch’s death

Emergency medicine physician Dr. Stephanie Widmer discusses NASCAR icon Kyle Busch’s death and highlights warning signs of severe pneumonia on ‘Fox & Friends.’ The sudden death of Kyle Busch has drawn attention to a rare but devastating medical progression: when pneumonia escalates into fatal sepsis. An ER doctor spoke with Fox News Digital about how sepsis can trigger a rapid health decline. "Sepsis is actually not a specific disease or diagnosis, but rather the syndrome that occurs when the body has certain abnormal findings and a presumed infection," said Dr. Kenneth J. Perry, a South Carolina-based emergency medicine physician. HOW PNEUMONIA PROGRESSES TO SEPSIS: DOCTORS EXPLAIN AFTER KYLE BUSCH'S DEATH The markers of sepsis include elevated white blood cell counts, a high or low temperature, and elevated heart and respiratory rates, according to

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'I thought I had the flu': Mom nearly died after dismissing deadly sepsis symptoms

In 2015, Audrey Leishman was a healthy 31-year-old when she thought she’d come down with the flu. Instead, her condition spiraled into a severe case of sepsis that left her in the ICU for 10 days, including five days in a medically induced…

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'I thought I had the flu': Mom nearly died after dismissing deadly sepsis symptoms

In 2015, Audrey Leishman was a healthy 31-year-old when she thought she’d come down with the flu. Instead, her condition spiraled into a severe case of sepsis that left her in the ICU for 10 days, including five days in…

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ER doctor reveals how pneumonia can suddenly turn deadly after Kyle Busch’s death

Emergency medicine physician Dr. Stephanie Widmer discusses NASCAR icon Kyle Busch’s death and highlights warning signs of severe pneumonia on ‘Fox & Friends.’ The sudden death of Kyle Busch has drawn attention to a…

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