10 Blood Infection Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #3: Rapid Breathing
Our blood is essential to us because it helps carry oxygen around the body. We need this oxygen for the survival of all of our cells, and without it, we would die. In mammals like us, oxygen is able to travel through the blood because it is carried by haemoglobin which has a high affinity to oxygen.
In the case of a blood infection, though, there is less oxygen flowing through the blood. In order to try and compensate, the body will begin to breath more rapidly to get more oxygen into the system. If you are experiencing rapid breathing for any reason, you should treat the condition as an emergency regardless of the suspected cause.
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