What is sepsis?
What is sepsis?
user
Sepsis is an infection that occurs when bacteria are not properly cleaned out of a patient’s blood. It can happen in the blood, the heart, the brain, or the kidneys. It is caused by bacteria called Gram-negative rods. The symptoms are fever and shaking chills. Without treatment, death may occur in just a few hours.
assistant
How do you get it?
user
You can get sepsis by having a surgery, when something goes wrong with it, or from bad infection. If you’re already weak from an illness, you’re also more likely to get sepsis. This includes the elderly, those with sickle cell anemia, or who have AIDS.
assistant
This sounds very nasty.
user