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A member asked:
My grandma died in icu from an abcess in her intestate and got into her blood streem they put her on dialysis and had a stroke what causes this?
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So sorry: You describe a complicated course with multiorgan system failure. My condolences go out to your an your family. Remember that we all will die - it's 100% certain. It sounds like it was your grandma's time. Hard to accept it but sometimes people are too ill to pull through. She may have had many other underlying issues that contributed - one can only speculate here.
Answered 5/1/2014
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Sepsis: It looks like that she developed sepsis after her intestine perforated and bacteria spread in her blood . This causes low blood pressure and depends on some other conditions can cause kidney failur and need for dialysis ... Sepsis could be fatal depends on the age, source of bacteria and other organ failure...
Answered 6/21/2015
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