A BBC journalist contracted sepsis weeks after highlighting the issue and urging people to look out for the signs on TV.
Sarah McMullan had to spend six days in hospital after developing the life-threatening condition in October.
Just a month before she had interviewed sepsis survivor Kimberley Bradley, who was left in a coma for eight days with the illness.
As part of the segment, Miss McMullan highlighted what symptoms people should look out for – and now admits she should have paid more attention herself.
Re-sharing the clip on her Twitter account, she shared: “A month after doing this interview, I ended up very unwell with sepsis myself. Resulting in an A and E visit, a week in hospital and a couple more weeks of tablets and rest.”
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Issuing a warning to others, she added: “These are the symptoms. And if you suspect #sepsis don’t hesitate to get help. I should’ve acted sooner.”
In the clip Miss Bradley says the five key symptoms of sepsis are cold and blotchy skin, confusion, not passing as much urine as usual and uncontrolled shivering.
She continued: “I had quite a lot of these. And if you have any of these that are starting to deteriorate then you really need to get urgent medical attention because they are symptoms of sepsis. It means your body has gone into that spiralling mode.”
Other symptoms to look out for are slurred speech, dizziness, breathlessness, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, a fast heartbeat and severe muscle pain, according to the NHS.
Sepsis is a form of blood poisoning and without swift treatment, the condition can lead to organ damage and even death.
Luckily BBC Scotland presenter Miss McMullan made a full recovery and is now back at work.
Tweeting a photo of herself back in the studio, the 30-year-old thanked people for their kind wishes following her ordeal.
She added: “Very glad to back to work, back in the studio and back to business. Good morning.”
Revealing more about her own experience, she said her symptoms started with her feeling “really cold” during a morning shift at work.
But 36 hours passed before she sought medical treatment and she had to be hospitalised.
Speaking to the BBC, Miss McMullan said: “I started physically shaking and all the colour drained from my face. My lips were turning blue.
“There was no colour in my skin. There was no heat in my body. It was uncontrolled shivering the shaking.”
Initially she was admitted with a suspected kidney infection but doctors quickly realised what was wrong.
In the end she spent almost a week in hospital and said doctors told her ‘you’ve been very lucky here’.
The broadcaster said having sepsis never crossed her mind as the symptoms are so similar to other conditions and she was young and healthy.
But urging others to seek quicker treatment, she added: “I didn’t want to bother people at the doctors or A&E, but you absolutely should.”
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