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Blood Poisoning
By Paula Ford-Martin, Rebecca J. Frey PhDThe Gale Group Inc., Gale.. Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2005more »
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Septicemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent bacteria that multiply and discharge their toxic products. The disorder, which is serious and sometimes fatal, is commonly known as blood poisoning. The invasi...
What is blood poisoning?
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.
Symptoms of BLOOD POISONING
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Alternate Names : Blood poisoning, Bacteremia with sepsis, Systemic infammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
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Septicemia is the presence of bacteria in the blood (bacteremia) and is often associated with severe infections.
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bld pzn noun a condition in which bacteria are present in the blood and cause illness informal septicaemia ...
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Blood poisoning: The medical term is "septicemia." This is a (systemic) disease that is due to the presence and the persistence of germs (pathogenic microorganisms) or their toxins in the bloodstream.
Blood poisoning; Bacteremia with sepsis; Systemic infammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
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Blood poisoning is an illness due to an infection or its toxin spreading through the bloodstream. The presence of bacteria in the blood is called bacteremia.
Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter [Wordnet]
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A malignant tumor arising from connective tissues. [Heritage] ...
Blood poisoning (septicaemia) - rarely, impetigo infection spreads beyond the skin into the bloodstream and causes a serious infection that needs emergency medical treatment.
Blood Poisoning: Septicemia
Boil: An abscess of skin or painful inflammation of the skin or a hair follicle usually caused by a staphylococcal infection. Synonym: furuncle.
Brain fever: See meningitis, typhus.
Blood poisoning and typhoid fever are more serious illnesses. The symptoms tend to be more severe and the treatment may take 2 weeks.
How can I take care of myself?
BLOOD POISONING (Septicemia)
SYMPTOMS"Swelling, severe localized pain, discoloration, red streaks from the wound up the veins toward the heart, and sores that do not heal.
Initially, blood poisoning causes signs and symptoms such as chills, a spiking fever, a rapid heart rate and a feeling of being extremely ill.
Someone with blood poisoning will look and feel extremely ill and will have a fever and chills that rapidly get worse. Find out more about the symptoms of blood poisoning. Blood poisoning can occur after an infection anywhere in the body.
Septicaemia (blood poisoning) which can be life-threatening.
An abscess forming (a ball of pus in the infected area).
Muscle or bone infections which can be serious.
A cellulitis around an eye can spread to infect the brain.
If septicaemia (blood poisoning) is also present a rash may develop that starts off looking like tiny red pinpricks. Later, the rash changes to purplish red blotches. If you press on the rash with a glass tumbler, the spots will not fade.
Another term for blood poisoning, or the presence in the bloodstream of quantities of bacteria or bacterial toxins sufficient to cause serious illness
Toxic
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blood poisoning Disease caused by the spread of bacteria and their toxins in the bloodstream. Also called septicemia and toxemia.
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Bacteremia is different from sepsis (so-called blood poisoning or toxemia), which is a condition where bacteremia is associated with an inflammatory response from the body (causing systemic inflammatory response syndrome, ...
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This condition is also known as 'blood poisoning,' in a reference to the fact that the patient's entire vascular system is compromised.
Risk of contracting various blood-borne viruses, such as HIV and hepatitis, or blood poisoning from sharing needles and other injecting equipment
Chronic constipation
Increased risk of contracting pneumonia and other lung problems ...
In cases where the pneumonia progresses to blood poisoning (bacteremia), one of every five will die. The death rate (or mortality) also depends on the underlying cause of the pneumonia.
World-class neurologists at Jefferson are experienced in treating serious conditions like septicemia (blood poisoning).
This condition is commonly called blood poisoning, septicemia, sepsis, or septic shock. Sepsis is always a serious, life-threatening condition, with 56% mortality. In the United States, sepsis occurs annually in some three cases per 1,000 population.
(Excess protein, however, can trigger hepatic encephalopathy.) They also need to avoid certain foods, such as raw seafood or shellfish, which carry risks of blood poisoning (septicemia). A dietician can help provide you with dietary guidelines.
Staph infections can take several forms ranging from simple skin boils to flesh-eating infections to blood poisoning. The most common type of infection, cellulitis, affects the skin's deeper layers.
Microangiopathy can be caused by septicemia, which is blood poisoning. Microangiopathy can also be caused by eclampsia.
Uraemia is a condition of blood poisoning which occurs when the kidneys fail to function properly, as in Bright's disease and fail to excrete urea which is retained in the blood and upsets the nervous system, causing drowsiness, headaches, ...
A low platelet count can occur after blood poisoning from a widespread bacterial infection. A virus, such as mononucleosis or cytomegalovirus, also can cause a low platelet count.
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The result is blood poisoning, called septicemia, which can cause a purple rash to develop on the body. Both bacterial meningitis and septicemia are considered medical emergencies and require immediate medical attention.
This condition is sometimes called blood poisoning (the medical term is lymphangitis), even though this has nothing to do with the bloodstream.
Any sudden onset (acute) or long-term (chronic) infection
Blood poisoning (septicemia)
Swelling of the brain (encephalitis)
Swelling of the lining of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis) ...
Meningococcal septicemia; Meningococcal blood poisoning; Meningococcal bacteremia
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They can cause infertility, impotence, urinary tract problems, blood poisoning, paralysis, and cancers of the vulva, cervix, vagina, penis, and anus. Some STDs, including syphilis and AIDS, can cause death. No STD is harmless.
Complications that may occur include pneumonia, lung abscess, and bacterial infection of the blood (blood poisoning, or septicemia). Swelling may block the airway, making an emergency tracheotomy necessary to avoid asphyxiation.
Severe infections can cause low blood pressure if bacteria get into the bloodstream. Bloodstream infections (blood poisoning) from cellulitis are particularly dangerous in the very young and very old, ...
Septicaemia is a bacterial infection of the blood, commonly known as blood poisoning.
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By some writers it is divided as follows: (i) Hectic fever is a chronic blood poisoning with continual absorption of small doses of the toxins.
Disease onset is often very sudden; young children in particular may become seriously unwell within hours of infection, with inflammation around the brain (meningitis) or blood poisoning (septicaemia).
Lymphoma
Megaloblastic anemias
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Purpura after blood transfusions
Severe infections with blood poisoning
Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Has a fluid and/or electrolyte imbalance (hypercalcemia, dehydration, or an excess of fluid in the body's tissues).
Has a tumor in the GI tract, liver, or brain.
Has constipation.
Is receiving certain drugs.
Has an infection or blood poisoning.
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A patient with a MRSA infection of this magnitude can suffer toxic shock (which affects the functioning of some organs), endocarditis (an inflammation of the heart's lining) pneumonia and even blood poisoning.
 See also: Poisoning, Symptom, Infections, Antibiotic, Fever
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