A 21-year-old member asked:
Why are men more likely to get sepsis?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. William Walshanswered
Addiction Medicine 18 years experience
We don't know: It is not clear why men are more likely to have sepsis, as boys are also more likely to be septic than girls (i.e. It isn't testosterone). Risk taking behavior may explain the difference, but it has not been studied.
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Dr. Ziad Aklanswered
Infectious Disease 32 years experience
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Sepsis..If you get sepsis and you susceptible to getting it again?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Adrian Baudy IVanswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Not Really: Unless you have a source that is not taken care of, ie abscess. If you have source control and completely eradicate the causative organism, you should not have recurrence of sepsis.
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Last updated May 11, 2019
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