Sepsis - symptoms

From a medical point of view, sepsis is a very serious condition that is caused by the infectious agents entering the bloodstream. If the tissue or blood for certain reasons, penetrate pyogenic microorganisms and toxins, there is an inflammatory process, both on a single organ, and throughout the body.

Symptoms of sepsis in adults may differ, depending on the severity of the course and the type of pathogen. Therefore, it is very difficult to talk about the specific manifestation of this disease.

Nevertheless, usually, sepsis has special flow conditions. They allow you to determine the diagnosis. Such manifestations include:

1. Presence of primary focus. This focus is always present, and it is associated with either lymphatic or blood ways.
2. The causative agent of the infection repeatedly enters the blood.
3. The appearance of secondary foci, where the pathogen multiplies and again enters the blood.
4. The human body can not resist infection and activate cells to fight the pathogen.

Only if all the listed positions are present, it is possible to finally establish the diagnosis of sepsis.

Clinical course of the disease

Since the symptoms of sepsis may differ due to its clinical course, distinguish:

• the sharpest;
• acute;
• subacute;
• recurrent;
• chronic sepsis, the symptoms of which are not clearly pronounced.

Basic forms of sepsis

To date, the most common form of sepsis is staphylococcal sepsis, the symptoms of which are high fever, chills and impaired consciousness. Staphylococcal sepsis can be protracted and have subacute or chronic nature. But in rare cases, this disease can be acute.

Streptococcal sepsis, the symptoms of which are similar to staphylococcal, can have several forms and affect various parts of the body.

Sepsis of blood, the symptoms of which we will consider below, is also a common disease. This form arises from the intake of toxins from the primary focus of inflammation.

To signs of infection of the blood, physicians refer to such symptoms as:

• chills and fever;
• rash of hemorrhagic nature;
• pain in the muscles;
• weakness and lethargy;
• high temperature, not amenable to reduction;
• sometimes there is an increase in the liver or spleen.

Symptoms of fungal sepsis are very similar to the symptoms of blood poisoning, the only difference is that with candidal sepsis, one of the most pronounced symptoms may be nausea and vomiting, which signal a high degree of intoxication of the body.

If there are typical symptoms of sepsis, treatment in this case is vital, as the disease can progress, and complete infection will lead to death. The danger of sepsis is that it can flow very quickly, even it can be said with lightning speed. Despite the fact that the symptoms of sepsis can not be specifically specified, since the complaints of patients vary depending on the form and clinical course, the main signs can still be identified.

The most common symptoms

The most common symptoms of sepsis include the following:

• high temperature ;
• often at the onset of the disease, excitement is manifested, which in the course of time is replaced by inhibition;
• chills and fever;
• rave;
• fainting ;
• vomiting;
• pallor;
• fatigue and weakness;
• profuse sweating;
• frequent pulse;
• low blood pressure.

Remember that the risk of developing sepsis depends largely on the mode of infection. Be attentive to yourself especially during the epidemic outbreaks.