His health problems piled up!
Ross Gittins: "Later I learnt I’d acquired a new ailment: peripheral neuropathy, known as 'foot drop'. Somewhere along the line, the blood stopped getting to my feet, damaging the nerves."
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Ross Gittins: "Turned out I’d got an infection which, via my teeth, had spread to my heart, where it started wrecking the joint – literally. I now clean my teeth more diligently than ever before."
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Ross Gittins spent 44 days in ICU and almost died. This is his story Our economics editor is on the mend. Here he recounts his medical misadventure that began on the other side of the world.

Take care of your teeth, please. Ross Gittins' first-person explainer explains why | Sydney Morning Herald (£) | 6 April 2026:
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