You can tell if your body is fighting an infection by the symptoms which include aching muscles, headaches, chills, feeling cold and shivery and fever.
A fever is your body's way of fighting off infections and viruses as the temperature that your body gets to when it has a fever kills off the viruses as the virus and infections cannot survive those temperatures.
The symptoms of bacteria in the blood include confusion or agitation, warm or clammy/sweaty skin, shaking or chills, fever or hypothermia or very low body temperature, low blood pressure, fast heart rate, low energy, weakness and urinary issues such as urge to urinate or reduced urination.
The warning signs of a blood infection are low body temperature or a high temperature, fever or a change in your mental state such as confusion, slurred speech, disorientation, cold, clammy and mottled or pale skin.
Sepsis is a common blood infection that can be deadly if not treated promptly.
The early warning signs of sepsis are.
Fever and chills.
Very low body temperature.
Peeing less than usual.
Fast heartbeat.
Nausea and vomiting.
Diarrhea.
Fatigue or weakness.
Blotchy or discolored skin.
Sepsis does sometimes have a smell which is a foul odor.
Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection.
It is a life-threatening medical emergency.
Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body.
Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract.
Because of problems with vital organs, people with severe sepsis are likely to be very ill and the condition can be fatal.
However, sepsis is treatable if it is identified and treated quickly, and in most cases leads to a full recovery with no lasting problems.
The way you get sepsis is through another infection you already have.
Then your body responds to that infection which in turn leads to the sepsis infection.
Sepsis is not contagious from one person to another so you cannot get sepsis from someone who has it as it's safe to be around someone with sepsis.
If you do have sepsis though it needs medical treatment by the emergency room because it is a life threatening infection.
Left untreated the sepsis can kill you within 24 to 48 hours.
You can survive sepsis if you get treated for the sepsis quick enough.
The longer you wait to get treatment for the sepsis the less chance of survival you have.
Sepsis can be and is deadly if not treated in time so it's very important to get to the emergency room right away if you think you have sepsis.
If you cannot get to the emergency room on your own you should call 911 and get an ambulance to take you to the hospital.
Some signs and symptoms of sepsis are fever, confusion, weakness, unable to get out of bed, unable to stand on your own, fast heart rate, difficulty breathing and low blood pressure, chills, dizziness, fatigue, flushing, low body temperature, or shivering.
Sepsis can show symptoms similar to the flu but it's much worse.