Blood poisoning, also known as septicaemia, is a bacterial infection that occurs when bacteria get into the bloodstream and multiply rapidly. Blood poisoning normally happens when bacteria enter the bloodstream in large numbers, and spread too quickly for the immune system to destroy them. Once in the bloodstream, some types of bacteria release poisons known as toxins that attack the body’s tissues. Blood poisoning is a potentially life-threatening infection that must be treated rapidly in order to prevent the infection from spreading to the heart and lungs, thus causing septic shock. Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus_Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Septic shock is a serious medical condition causing such effects as multiple organ failure and death in response to infection and sepsis. ...

Blood poisoning can be caused by an external wound that has not been treated properly, or from internal trauma. Before antibiotics were discovered, blood poisoning frequently occurred in birthing women. Today, it occurs much less frequently, but due to the risk of infection with resistant bacteria, it may sometimes also occur after surgery. The first symptoms of blood poisoning are intense shivering, fever, a general feeling of sickness and ache throughout the whole body. When not treated properly severe blood poisoning can cause death within 24 hours. A wound is a physical trauma where the skin is torn, cut or punctured. ... Trauma can represent: A serious and often body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb. ... An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus_Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Surgery Surgery (from the Greek cheirourgia - lit. ... Death is either the cessation of life in a living organism or the state of the organism after that event. ...

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