HEART PRO LEM MONTHS AFTER SEPSIS SKIN
BUT what doctors do know is that sepsis is most commonly caused by four infections: pneumonia, abdominal infections (such as untreated appendicitis), urinary tract infections (UTIs), or an infection of skin or soft tissue, says Craig Coopersmith, M.D., professor of surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. Since there isn’t a single test for the condition, sepsis and septic shock are very difficult to diagnose. Once in shock, you have very low blood pressure that’s difficult to improve with IV fluids and a high lactate level, which suggests you’re not getting adequate blood flow to organs and cells. If left untreated, sepsis can progress into septic shock, the most severe form of the condition, which “compromises the cardiovascular system and results in very low blood pressure and inadequate blood flow to vital organs,” says Carmen Polito, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. and at least 250,000 Americans die from sepsis annually, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
More than 1.5 million people get sepsis each year in the U.S. When an infection isn’t treated properly or rages out of control, your immune system can go haywire (for reasons doctors don't fully understand), causing you to develop sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which the body actually injures its own tissues and organs. But unfortunately, this battle isn’t always easily won. By now you likely understand that when you have an infection, your immune system works tirelessly-sometimes with the help of medications like antibiotics and antivirals-to fight the invaders that are making you sick.
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