Thursday, September 25, 2008

Sepsis

Sepsis is a life-threatening sickness. Your body's reply to a bacterial disease usually causes it. Your immune system goes into overdrive, overwhelming normal process in your blood. The result is that small blood clots form, blocking blood flow to vital organs. This can lead to organ failure. Babies, old people and those with damaged immune systems are most likely to get sepsis. But even healthy public can turn into deathly ill from it. A quick diagnosis can be crucial, because one third of populace who get sepsis die from it.

Sepsis is usually treated in a hospital exhaustive care unit. IV antibiotics and fluids may be known to try to knock out the disease and to keep blood pressure from dropping too low. Patients may also need respirator to help them respire.

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