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sameeralord
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Hello everyone,
I don't understand sepsis. Ok I know Sepsis is SIRS (Systemic inflammatory response syndrome) to an infection. But I'm confused with these scenarios.
1) Let's say I have a UTI in kidney. The immune system localises the infection to kidney and causes massive inflammation in that area and fights the disease, without allowing it to spread to otherarea. Now is this Sepsis? If it is not what do you call it? Here also inflammation towards infection occurs so why is it not called sepsis? Does CRP increase in this scenario?
2) Let's say I have a UTI in kidney. It spreads to all areas in body. Massive systemic inflammation occurs towards the infection. I'm assuming this is sepsis?, then what do you call scenario 1 I described. What happens to CRP in this condition.
3) You want inflammation and immune response against infections to fight them. So why is sepsis bad?
Thanks
I don't understand sepsis. Ok I know Sepsis is SIRS (Systemic inflammatory response syndrome) to an infection. But I'm confused with these scenarios.
1) Let's say I have a UTI in kidney. The immune system localises the infection to kidney and causes massive inflammation in that area and fights the disease, without allowing it to spread to otherarea. Now is this Sepsis? If it is not what do you call it? Here also inflammation towards infection occurs so why is it not called sepsis? Does CRP increase in this scenario?
2) Let's say I have a UTI in kidney. It spreads to all areas in body. Massive systemic inflammation occurs towards the infection. I'm assuming this is sepsis?, then what do you call scenario 1 I described. What happens to CRP in this condition.
3) You want inflammation and immune response against infections to fight them. So why is sepsis bad?
Thanks