What is this Sepsis?

I can't count the number of times I've had UTI's over the years, so common in women.

Untreated urinary tract infections may spread to the kidney, causing more pain and illness. It can also cause sepsis. The term urosepsis is usually used to describe sepsis caused by a UTI. Sometimes incorrectly called blood poisoning, sepsis is the body's often deadly response to infection or injury.

I hope your girlfriend pulls through Robert, it sounds quite serious.
 
Sepsis is a very serious infection of the blood stream and has to be attended to immediately lest it inflame the heart with pericarditis. Infusions of massive doses of antibiotics are called for and amazingly, with our modern meds, often patients recover. But make no mistake, they are sick and can die, quickly.
 
I was in ICU for 3 days & in a regular room for 5 more days due to Sepsis and Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Sepsis is sometimes fatal even with treatment.
My sepsis resulted from an incompetent root canal (verified by another dentist) & the infection causing a blood sugar spike of 705.
 
win231 said:
I was in ICU for 3 days & in a regular room for 5 more days due to Sepsis and Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Sepsis is sometimes fatal even with treatment.
My sepsis resulted from an incompetent root canal (verified by another dentist) & the infection causing a blood sugar spike of 705.
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OMG win, I'm terrified enough going to dentists, now you've made it worse. But all jokes aside, that is very concerning, glad you are okay now.
 
mellowyellow said:
OMG win, I'm terrified enough going to dentists, now you've made it worse. But all jokes aside, that is very concerning, glad you are okay now.
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Doing a root canal right requires patience & time. If any infection is left behind, then the root is sealed, the remaining infection has nowhere to go, so the whole side of the face swells up (like mine did).
The dentist was in a hurry to get his next (paying) patient in the chair, so he didn't complete the root canal. My new dentist showed me the x-ray & explained that the root canal was not completed & he also told me to get to the ER NOW.
 
I had Sepsis right at the end of the Coronavirus. It left me feeling really tired and confused. I had an iron infusion, which really helped for several weeks until I was able to rebuild myself. It has cleared up and gone now, but it left it's mark on me mentally.

I had chills, night sweats, constant fatigue, dizziness and loss of appetite.

My doctor at the hospital told me that I was able to avoid Septic Shock, which is deadly. I'm not sure what the difference is.
 
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oldman said:
I had Sepsis right at the end of the Coronavirus. It left me feeling really tired and confused. I had an iron infusion, which really helped for several weeks until I was able to rebuild myself. It has cleared up and gone now, but it left it's mark on me mentally.

I had chills, night sweats, constant fatigue, dizziness and loss of appetite.

My doctor at the hospital told me that I was able to avoid Septic Shock, which is deadly. I'm not sure what the difference is.
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Sepsis is thought to causes small blood clots to form and when the reach organs and cause a severe drop in blood pressure, shock is the result. Either shock or even a traveling blood clot (embolism) which can either hit the lungs, heart or brain can cause instant death.
 
Pepper said:
Her dose is ridiculous and her doctor is a quack.
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Diabetes is not the same in everyone. Some diabetics (like myself) have what's known as "Dawn Phenomenon," where blood sugar spikes during sleep & they can wake up too high or too low. I take 20 units of Lantus before bed & a fast-acting insulin before meals. Plus watching carbs and daily exercise to encourage using up glucose.
People who are not diabetic make both types of insulin as needed - slow acting and fast acting.
 
Pantoprazole is for acid reflux, not sepsis.

I agree & disagree with what you said @win231. I agree with diabetes being unique for everyone but to rise to 600 and being on only 28 units of Lantus--I can't agree with that treatment. And You! 705! It was the shock of sepsis & keto I guess. Be well. You are so knowledgeable about diabetes I take your words seriously.
 
win231 said:
Diabetes is not the same in everyone. Some diabetics (like myself) have what's known as "Dawn Phenomenon," where blood sugar spikes during sleep & they can wake up too high or too low. I take 20 units of Lantus before bed & a fast-acting insulin before meals. Plus watching carbs and daily exercise to encourage using up glucose.
People who are not diabetic make both types of insulin as needed - slow acting and fast acting.
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My husband had that "dawn syndrome" of which you speak.
 
Pepper said:
Pantoprazole is for acid reflux, not sepsis.

I agree & disagree with what you said @win231. I agree with diabetes being unique for everyone but to rise to 600 and being on only 28 units of Lantus--I can't agree with that treatment. And You! 705! It was the shock of sepsis & keto I guess. Be well. You are so knowledgeable about diabetes I take your words seriously.
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Actually, I assumed (probably mistakenly) that the Lantus was not the only insulin she was taking. She would need a fast-acting insulin with meals, of course.
Yes, my doctor explained that any serious infection can cause blood sugar to spike to deadly levels in a diabetic. It can be quite a train wreck - The infection leads to sepsis & the sepsis can cause high sugar which often leads to diabetic ketoacidosis. Once that happens, NOTHING stays down, so eating is impossible.
 
The day she went in the hospital she couldn't keep any food down and was having bad diarrhea. I wonder if the hospital knows what they are doing because they said she had a twisted intestine and appendicitis. Then they came back with this Sepsis condition and put her on these pills Pantoprazole.
 

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