blood poisoning is a nonspecific term used mainly by nonmedical individuals that describes in the broadest sense any adverse medical condition(s) due to the presence of any toxic agent in the blood. usually the layperson using the term blood poisoning is referring to the medical condition(s) that arise when bacteria or their products (or both) reach the blood. blood poisoning is not a medical term and does not appear in many medical dictionaries or scientific publications. however when it is used the correct medical term that most closely matches its intended meaning is sepsis. many medical authors consider the terms blood poisoning and sepsis to be interchangeable but the trend is to use the term sepsis.
what is blood poisoning?