RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.3389/frym.2021.639681
A1 Farthing, Andrew G.
A1 Howell, Jessie
A1 Baillie, J. Kenneth
A1 Forde, Taya
A1 Garrett, Alice
A1 Goodyear, Carl S.
A1 Gracie, Jennifer
A1 Graham, Colin
A1 Hammarton, Tansy C.
A1 Murphy, Michael E.
A1 Peveler, William J.
A1 Pybus, Simon
A1 Sajib, Mohammad Saiful Islam
A1 Thomson, Gill
A1 Jimenez, Melanie
T1 Sepsis: when a simple infection becomes deadly
JF Frontiers for Young Minds
YR 2021
FD 2021
VO 9
AB The immune system plays a crucial role in maintaining a healthy body by working around the clock to recognize and respond to infection. Inflammation is part of the immune system’s protective response to an infection. The inflammatory response is incredibly powerful, so much so that it can damage the body’s cells if it is not tightly controlled. Sometimes, inflammation affects the whole body—this is called sepsis. The powerful and complex mechanisms in place to wipe out the infection can cause serious damage to healthy cells and tissues. Uncontrolled inflammation can cause irreversible damage to the body’s organs, such as the kidneys, eventually causing organs to shut down. If sepsis is not treated rapidly, it can lead to death. In this article, we describe the symptoms and diagnosis of sepsis and some of the current research being performed to better understand this dangerous process.
PB Frontiers Media
SN 2296-6846
LK https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/242310/