Septicaemia
Septicaemia is the clinical name for
blood poisoning.
Septicaemia is a medical emergency and needs urgent treatment.
Some bacteria that cause meningitis can
also cause septicaemia, (meningoccocal form).
Signs and Symptoms
Patients with septicaemia develop a rash,
tiny blood spots that look like pin pricks in the skin. Left untreated, the rash will
gradually get bigger and begin to look like fresh bruises. These bruises then join
together to form larger areas of "purple skin discoloration".
Septicaemia can develop very quickly.
The patient will:
- Become very ill (Rapidly,
- Lose interest in food and surroundings
- Becoming feverish and cold
- Have cool hands and feet
- Coma and sometimes death.
Those who become ill more slowly may also
develop some of the signs of meningitis.
Treatment:
Call your Doctor out now or get the patient to the Hospital. Now! |
