![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bbc-presenter-shares-moment-killer-sepsis-struck-just-before-going-on-air/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20367334-1667951054857.jpg&description=A BBC presenter has revealed she was struck with a bout of killer sepsis just moments before reading the morning news. Sarah McMullan said she started feeling "really cold" before the horror health scare landed her in hospital for nearly a week. Sarah McMullan was hospitalised for nearly a week after being struck with a bout of sepsisCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk The BBC Scotland presenter said she failed to spot the signs of sepsis despite interviewing a woman who nearly died from it just weeks before. Instead, she waited more than 36 hours to call for medical help, and was told by doctors she was "very lucky" to recover. The journalist's bout of sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, caused her temperature to spike up to 40 degrees and led to a six day stint in hospital. She said the symptoms began while she was beginning a shift to read the morning news bulletins, where she first noticed she was extremely cold and had goose bumps. The chilling health scare led Sarah to confide in a colleague that something was "really not right". She added: "Then I started physically shaking and all the colour drained from my face. "My lips were turning blue. My hands were chalk white, like you had been standing outside in winter for hours. "There was no colour in my skin. There was no heat in my body. It was uncontrolled shivering and shaking." The presenter recalled that the shock made her feel "so spaced out". Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme, Sarah said she had ironically interviewed a fellow sepsis-survivor just weeks before, yet failed to recognise the warning signs. Recalling her interview, Sarah continued: "She spoke through all of the symptoms and what to look out for and what to remember and when to get help and I did not remember them well enough. "It was hard to make sense of what was happening," she said. "It crossed my mind 'Am I having some sort of panic attack?' "It felt like something mentally might be happening to me because I wa){kind=link}
A BBC presenter has revealed she was struck with a bout of killer sepsis just moments before reading the morning news.
Sarah McMullan said she started feeling “really cold” before the horror health scare landed her in hospital for nearly a week.
The BBC Scotland presenter said she failed to spot the signs of sepsis despite interviewing a woman who nearly died from it just weeks before.
Instead, she waited more than 36 hours to call for medical help, and was told by doctors she was “very lucky” to recover.
The journalist’s bout of sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, caused her temperature to spike up to 40 degrees and led to a six day stint in hospital.