life-threatening

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In small doses, they can cause fever, tiredness and aches, but in large amounts, they can trigger life-threatening conditions like septic shock.

From BBC

She landed in the emergency room with a life-threatening “thyroid storm,” requiring surgery and daily medication.

From Los Angeles Times

It will facilitate the development of bespoke therapies that target a specific problem, such as a genetic abnormality, that causes severely debilitating or life-threatening diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing, a force spokesperson said, and the incident is not being treated as suspicious.

From BBC

But the couple said they could never have predicted what would happen after two days in Nashville when Issy developed pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening complication that can affect women in the second half of pregnancy.

From BBC