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How does sepsis affect the blood?

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Many effects: Sepsis may affect coagulation of the blood, may increase white blood cell level, may increase bleeding, may cause clotting of some small blood vessels, may affect level of coagulation factors, may affect level of fibrin, plasmin, thrombin, etc..., there is a wide range of effects sepsis can have on the blood.

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Dr. Mazen Kherallah answered

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Sepsis: Sepsis may decrease your blood pressure and require immediate medical attention.

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Sepsis is BLOOD INFE: Sepsis is bacterial infection in blood, it is serious medical condition caused by excessive immune response to infection.Chemicals released into blood to fight infection result in wide spread inflammation.And that can result in organ damage, and in severe cases one or more organs fail, and also cause fall in blood pressure called septic shock.

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