Til Schweiger’s healing process for his open leg can take years

Four weeks ago, Til Schweiger was limping from A to B at Mallorca airport. The actor’s illness began months ago with a wound on his leg. Then in April came the shocking news: the 60-year-old was in hospital with sepsis.

Blood poisoning, apparently caused by bacteria that entered through the open wound. According to the “Bild” newspaper, complications arose during the treatment of the sepsis with antibiotics. At one point, leg amputation was even considered. But the actor fought and is on the road to recovery. A lengthy process that his doctor, Dr. Miriam Rehbein, has now described.

Due to medical confidentiality, she is keeping quiet about the exact circumstances of Schweiger’s suffering. However, she told the tabloid newspaper: “Unfortunately, I know a lot of patients whose leg ulcers can take up to five, six, seven years to heal. Sometimes the areas cannot be closed properly, and they even put replacement skin on them.”

Til Schweiger’s doctor explains

Apparently, the healing process is not an easy one for Til Schweiger either. The reason for Schweiger’s slow recovery seems to be his leg ulcer. Dr. Rehbein confirms: “But we know what Til Schweiger’s basic problem is – his ‘leg ulcer’. I can say this from experience: A leg ulcer is not something that can be treated within a week or two.”

She also criticised the general way many of her medical colleagues deal with such medications in an interview with the “Bild” newspaper: “Unfortunately, there are more and more multi-resistant bacteria because so many people are so naive about taking antibiotics. Incidentally, doctors who keep prescribing antibiotics also do this.” Why does she add such a general reference to antibiotics? We can only speculate. She is bound by medical confidentiality. But Schweiger may also have had to deal with antibiotic resistance.

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