A mother of two died from sepsis after scratching the back of her hand while she was gardening, her family has revealed.
Lucinda Smith, 43, went to see her GP after feeling pain in her shoulder following the minor scrape, in March last year.
The doctor diagnosed a trapped nerve and prescribed anti-depressants to relax her and she was also told to see a physiotherapist.
Three days later her fingers and arm had become red and swollen, she was vomiting and in much worse pain. She then saw another GP who diagnosed a possible blood clot and told her to go to A&E.
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