Did you know some diseases can kill you in 24 hours or less? Take a look at these 10 medical conditions.
SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST
Death will occur within minutes if left untreated.
MENINGITIS
It can cause life-threatening blood polsoning. also known as septicaemia, and can kll within four hours.
FLESH EATING BUG
Also known as necrotising fascitis, this bacterial skin infection can spread rapidly through the body’s soft tissue, causing death within 24 hours.
STROKE
A massive stroke can kll you within two hours. as stops the blood flow to the brain.
CHOLERA
This acute diarrhoeal disease can kill within hours ff left untreated. It is caused by contaminated food
and water.
PNEUMONIC PLAGUE
Pneumonic plague can kill quickly, within 18-24 hours of infection, if left untreated.
EBOLA
Ebola victims can die within hours of their symptoms appearing. It causes bleeding irom internal organs and body rifices in most cases.
DENGUE HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER
This can damage blood platelets, and lack of platelets to coagulate the blood, internal bleeding causes the body to go into shock, leading to death within hours.
MENINGOCOCCEMIA
The meningococcemia bacterla can circulate in the bloodstream rapidly and cause instant organ failure and death,
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
Within 24 hours, a patient can develop the symptoms, all leading to coma or death.