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What is sepsis and how does it work?

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Clinically, sepsis is the presence in tissues of harmful bacteria and their toxins,

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Where did the word sepsis originate?

Sepsis (from greek Σήψις, sepsis, "rot")


Is there a cure for sepsis?

is there any cure for sepsis


What is the difference between sepsis and septicemia?

Sepsis is a serious medical condition that is characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state. Septicemiais a related but deprecated medical term referring to the presence of pathogenic organisms in the bloodstream, leading to sepsis.


If there is a red line running up your foot from a wound is this blood poisoning?

Most people consider the red line originating from a wound a 'sepsis/septicemia" and consider them worrisome. The red line is a change in the blood vessel or Lymphatic tissue related to the infection. There are several types of sepsis. All require medical care. Sepsis=is what most common lay folk are speaking of when they are speaking about 'blood poisoning"


What is puerperal sepsis?

Puerperal fever (from the Latin puer, child), also called childbed fever, can develop into puerperal sepsis, which is a serious form of septicaemia contracted by a woman during or shortly after childbirth, miscarriage or abortion. If untreated, it is life-threatening. The most common infection causing puerperal fever is genital tract sepsis. Other types of infection that can lead to sepsis after childbirth include urinary tract infection, breast infection (mastitis) and respiratory tract infection (more common after anaesthesia due to lesions in the windpipe). Puerperal fever is now rare in the West due to improved hygiene during delivery, and deaths have been reduced by antibiotics.

Related questions

Where did the word sepsis originate?

Sepsis (from greek Σήψις, sepsis, "rot")


Is there a cure for sepsis?

is there any cure for sepsis


How do you get sepsis in the lungs?

Sepsis in infection of your blood. You would have to have a lung infection that turned into sepsis that would be how.


When was Sepsis nigripes created?

Sepsis nigripes was created in 1826.


When was Sepsis biflexuosa created?

Sepsis biflexuosa was created in 1893.


When was Sepsis punctum created?

Sepsis punctum was created in 1794.


When was Sepsis fulgens created?

Sepsis fulgens was created in 1826.


When was Sepsis cynipsea created?

Sepsis cynipsea was created in 1758.


When was Sepsis flavimana created?

Sepsis flavimana was created in 1826.


When was Sepsis violacea created?

Sepsis violacea was created in 1826.


Will sepsis kill your organs?

Sepsis will not only kill organs, it will kill you.


Is sepsis common?

no because you get sepsis when your usally in the mountains or in high alltituides.