How do you know if someone is going into septic shock? How does this happen? What can potentially happen is septic shock is not treated?

Explanation:

Severe sepsis is when the infection is severe enough to affect the function of your organs, such as the heart, brain, and kidneys. Septic shock is when you experience a significant drop in blood pressure that can lead to respiratory or heart failure, stroke, failure of other organs, and death.

These include a high heart rate, feeling feverish or very cold, shortness of breath, confusion or disorientation, feeling clammy or sweaty, and severe discomfort or pain. Having any one of these signs and symptoms or a combination of them makes it more likely that you have sepsis.

Without this treatment, insufficient blood flow can result in vital organs not getting enough oxygen and beginning to fail, such as the brain, kidneys, lungs, and heart. Sepsis is often fatal.