Posts from April 2016.
The recent death of Oscar-winning actress, Patty Duke, has drawn attention to a dangerous medical condition known as sepsis. Despite being relatively common and potentially deadly, sepsis is often misunderstood and frequently misdiagnosed.
Sepsis is a dramatic immune response to an infection in the body. It causes inflammation throughout the body that ultimately restricts blood flow. As blood flow is being cut off, organs are cut off from essential nutrients and oxygen and begin to fail.
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