Young Scots dad loses arm after life-threatening sepsis battle

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A young Scots dad had to have his arm amputated to save his life after a potentially deadly sepsis battle.Andrew Scott Brown, from Aberdeen, was rushed to the city's Royal Infirmary last October just days after suffering from a throat infection when he suddenly lost all function in his arm.The 29-year-old was diagnosed with severe sepsis and cellulitis, leaving doctors with no choice but to remove his limb.

He was then placed in an induced coma before his family say doctors told them he only had a 50 per cent chance of survival.Father-of-four Andrew told the Record his sepsis symptoms struck within a week of his sore throat and that he had developed foot pain before his arm became red and swollen.

Andrew also recalled waking up from his coma nine days later, but it was a further four days before he realised his left arm had been removed.He said: "This all started with a sore throat and I thought it was tonsillitis again. "But soon I got really sick and couldn't keep food down.

Then my arm became really red and swollen."All I remember after that is being wheeled into the ward. The next thing I knew, I was waking up in intensive care."I don't remember much from the first few days I was awake - it took until the fourth or fifth day for me to actually realise I didn't have an arm."Andrew's heartbroken partner Kelseah, who had just given birth two weeks earlier, described her horror when she realised how seriously ill Andrew had become.She added: "I knew something was really wrong, but none of us were prepared to see him like that.