Shared from verywellhealth.com.
This dangerous condition requires immediate medical attention
Sepsis is a serious systemic response to an infection. Basically, the entire body is experiencing an inflammation response.1
“Blood poisoning” or “septicemia” are terms that are also used by some to refer to sepsis, although they really mean that is an infection in the bloodstream, while “sepsis” describes the response to that infection.
Sepsis is an extremely dangerous condition, requiring urgent medical attention.