Docs issue warning after dog lick nearly KILLS 70-year-old gran after it poisons her blood

DOCTORS have issued a warning after a woman was left close to death by her dog licking her face.

Paramedics found the 70-year-old slumped in her armchair.

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Relatives raised the alarm when she became incoherent over the phone.

Tests revealed she had sepsis, a type of blood poisoning which kills 37,000 Brits a year.

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It was caused by a bug found in the mouths of dogs and cats.

The woman, from London, recovered after two weeks in intensive care.

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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine warned that diseases from animals often go undetected.

It said: “Neither scratch nor bite was established, just licks.”

There have been 13 UK cases of sepsis related to the bug since 1990.

One in four victims dies.