What Is a Sepsis Infection?
3. Mental Changes
The chemicals flowing through the patient’s body can cause them to develop changes in their mental state. When sepsis is present in older patients, for example, they are likely to become more confused and disorientated than they otherwise would be.
Other potential symptoms include anxiety and apprehension. In some cases, the patient will become less alert than they usually would be. Some will go into a comatose state. It is not clear why this happens, but a decreased flow of blood to the brain is one potential reason. Abnormal metabolism of amino acids is another potential cause of the symptom.
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