{"id":17336,"date":"2023-11-24T02:47:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T21:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17336"},"modified":"2025-04-05T03:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:09:43","slug":"sepsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sepsis\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sepsis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Sepsis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sepsis is a serious condition that\u00a0happens when the body\u2019s immune system has an extreme response to an infection.\u00a0The body\u2019s reaction\u00a0causes damage to its own tissues and organs.<\/li>\n<li>Sepsis\u00a0happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body.<\/li>\n<li>Infections\u00a0that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0can affect anyone, but\u00a0people who are older, very young, pregnant, or have other health problems\u00a0are at higher risk.<\/li>\n<li>Common signs of sepsis\u00a0include fever, fast heart rate, rapid breathing, confusion, and body pain.<\/li>\n<li>Severe cases of sepsis\u00a0can lead to septic shock, where your blood pressure drops to a dangerous level and multiple organs can fail.<\/li>\n<li>Sepsis is\u00a0usually caused by bacterial infections\u00a0but may be the result of other infections such as\u00a0viruses, parasites or fungi.<\/li>\n<li>Treatment for sepsis requires medical care. It will include antimicrobials, intravenous fluids and careful monitoring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a Bacteria?<\/h3>\n<p>Bacteria are small single-celled organisms. Bacteria are found almost everywhere on Earth and are vital to the planet&#8217;s ecosystems. Some species can live under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. The human body is full of bacteria, and in fact is estimated to contain more bacterial cells than human cells. Most bacteria in the body are harmless, and some are even helpful. A relatively small number of species cause disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2023\/nov\/23\/poor-people-much-more-likely-die-sepsis-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Poor people much more likely to die from sepsis, study finds<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sepsis is a serious condition that happens when the body\u2019s immune system has an extreme response to an infection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}