LAST EDITED ON 03-16-12 AT 07:48 PM (EST)For example Joe's knee in Tocantins. He said he had been watching it get worse, but the first we heard of it was at the challenge, and right after he was out of the game, boom.
Ditto with James' Clement's finger in Micronesia. Out of the blue, he is gone.
Re a progressing infection, having had to learn about such things all too much living here in the tropics:
Either the infection stays limited to the surrounding tissues, or it becomes cellulitis (gets into the lymphatic system, which can also be localized), or it passes into the blood stream and you become septic.
At the point it goes into the bloodstream, there is no longer any question of not taking aggressive action, and it does not go on in "wait and see" mode for days. It can put a person near death or kill them within 24 hours, even when they are in the hospital on IV antibiotics.
With other infections, the medics have pulled people at the point where it seems likely it will imminently enter the blood. They have never allowed it to go that far without telling the player to go to the hospital. There really is no time to waste in those cases. Of course, if the player doesn't allow Jeff and the medics to know about the problem, it may be caught quite late.
Sepsis systems from WebMD:
Sepsis Symptoms
"Because sepsis can begin in different parts of the body, it can have many different symptoms. Rapid breathing and a change in mental status, such as reduced alertness or confusion, may be the first signs that sepsis is starting. Other common symptoms include:
fever and shaking chills or, alternatively, a very low body temperature
decreased urination
rapid pulse
rapid breathing
nausea and vomiting
diarrhea"
I do not personally know of anyone who developed sepsis, who lived, who did not have to spend significant recovery time in the hospital. If Greg has this, I think he must be out of the game. But, we don't know what he has. He might simply injure himself or be dehydrated or some other thing. Or it might not even be Greg, although I think it is.