Your immune system protects you by fighting off invaders such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. However, it’s possible for your immune system to overreact in a way that’s harmful to your body. This ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition arising from the body’s overreactive response against an infection, leading it to injure its own tissues and organs. The first known reference to “sepsis” dates ...

Sepsis continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized newborns and premature infants. The pathophysiology and disease state of sepsis appear to be similar between ...

Sepsis can be described as a very dangerous medical condition triggered by an immune system response. In most cases of infection in the human body, the immune system fights only those invading ...

Sepsis patients could be treated based on their immune system’s response to infection, not their symptoms. New research uncovers how different people respond to sepsis based on their genetic makeup, ...

Most of us know and understand the immediacy that must be taken in the situation of a heart attack or a stroke. PRMC’s Dr. Chris Snyder joins us in Historic Studio D to talk about another condition of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Signs of sepsis Sepsis is a life-threatening condition in which the body overreacts to an infection and starts attacking its own ...

Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis. New findings could lead to a new understanding of this dangerous illness. Like a poison pen, dying ...

Researchers have developed a new model for understanding which patients with sepsis, COVID-19 and influenza have immune dysfunction and are more likely to suffer poor outcomes. A new model for ...

It’s a condition that comes on suddenly and swiftly… and once it takes over the body, treatment can become a challenge. Sepsis affects more than 1.7 million American adults every year, according to ...