1. What is sepsis?
Sepsis is a life-threatening complication, which occurs when the body releases chemicals to combat extreme infections, further leading to multi organ failure and, even, death.
2. What is the cause of sepsis?
Any type of infections, most common being bacterial, viral or fungal, can cause sepsis. Therefore, the common conditions that can worsen and lead to sepsis are pneumonia, appendicitis, infections of kidney, bladder, stomach, colon and pancreas.
3. How are sepsis and tetanus different?
Tetanus is a bacterial infection in which a wound or cut gets infected with clostridium tetani bacteria, thereby causing severe muscle stiffness and muscular spasms and even leading to death. Tetanus can be completely prevented by administering a tetanus injection. In sepsis, one's own body releases chemicals to combat infections in the body.
4. What are the signs and sypmtoms of sepsis?
Various signs and symptoms of any infections are visible during sepsis. Sepsis can be characterised by symptoms such as disorientation, falling of blood pressure, high-grade fever, increase in respiratory rate and coldness of limbs.
5. What stage is septic-shock in sepsis?
Septic shock in sepsis occurs when the systolic pressure falls to 65 mmHg or even less. In addition, there is an increase in the level of lactic acid in blood along with difficulty in breathing with disorientation that worsens with time.