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	Jemma-Louise Roberts, 13, began feeling unwell with sickness and diarrhoea while on a family holiday - and was wrongly diagnosed with winter vomiting bug Norovirus</p>
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	The mum of a teenager who died from sepsis while on her period is begging people to learn the danger signs of Toxic Shock Syndrome.</p>
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	Jemma-Louise Roberts, 13, began feeling unwell with sickness and diarrhoea while on a family holiday - and was wrongly diagnosed with winter vomiting bug Norovirus.</p>
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	Her family were told to keep her away from hospitals - but she was rushed to Wigan Infirmary after suddenly deteriorating, reports the Manchester Evening News.</p>
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	Doctors at the hospital told her family they believed she had Toxic Shock Syndrome, or TSS, caused by a bacteria linked to using tampons.</p>
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	Jemma-Louise, a member of Hindley Swimming Club and competitive breaststroke swimmer, had begun using tampons as a more convenient way to keep training while on her period.</p>
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	She died a week later after being transferred first to the Royal Manchester Children&#39;s Hospital and then Alder Hey Children&rsquo;s Hospital.</p>
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	Jemma-Louise&#39;s mum Diane Roberts, 45, is now speaking out to warn others of TSS danger signs as part of World Sepsis Week.</p>
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	Early symptoms are a high fever followed by flu-like symptoms, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.</p>
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	A rash across the body can then appear and TSS can cause fatal organ failure if left untreated.</p>
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	Diane said: &quot;TSS used to be talked about in the eighties but you never hear it now.</p>
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	&quot;If it can save just one more person it will be worth it.</p>
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	&quot;My husband had never heard of TSS - if one dad reads this and his daughter falls ill, it could save her life.&quot;</p>
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	Blood tests on Jemma-Louise showed the presence of the staphylococcus bacteria, linked to both TSS and sepsis, before she died.</p>
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	A post-mortem was not carried out following her death on March 1 last year but Diane believes TSS caused her daughter&rsquo;s illness as she had been using tampons when she fell ill.</p>
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	She died from a bleed to the brain while on a heart and lung bypass machine at Alder Hey.</p>
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	Friends and family, including dad Tony Roberts, 43, and brother Joseph, 13, have now raised over &pound;33,000 for Alder Hey in memory of the Standish Community High School pupil.</p>
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	As well as being a keen swimmer, Jemma-Louise played the flute and was a member of the Wigan Youth Concert Band and the Wigan Flute Choir.</p>
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	Diane said: &quot;Her passion was teaching swimming to younger children.</p>
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	&quot;She always had a smile on her face and loved helping others.&quot;</p>
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	Go to world-sepsis-day.org for more information.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/mum-teen-who-died-after-6490037">http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/mum-teen-who-died-after-6490037</a></p>
