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To: BenLurkin
Sepsis (Septic Shock)
Sepsis is an extreme immune system response to an infection that has spread throughout the blood and tissues. Severe sepsis, also called septic shock, often causes extremely low blood pressure, which limits blood flow to the body and can result in organ failure and death.

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7 posted on 02/08/2015 10:49:39 PM PST by Daaave (I'm burnin', burnin', I got the fever)
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To: Daaave

Foolish me...I thought he had gone swimming in a “septic tank!” :)


13 posted on 02/09/2015 5:22:45 AM PST by jennings2004 ("What difference, at this point, does it make!"!)
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