rate of respirations before you die? my mom has sepsis
2006-09-21 15:53:12 · 4 answers · asked by Terri L 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
I had rubella as a child. my fever got to 105.6. I am still here. But some people convulse at lower temp. I guess it depends on the individual body. Anything over 105 is something to be concerned about.
2006-09-21 16:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by abbyrose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There really isn't any "magic number" that makes a fever fatal. Humans can tolerate pretty high body heat for short periods of time, but a lower temperature over a long time can have more profound effects.
Respiratory rate should be between 12 and 20/minute ideally, but some variance to that is okay. If you get up around 30 (consistently), you're in tough shape. Again, humans can tolerate pretty rapid breathing for a short period of time with no ill effects.
Is your mom hospitalized? I hope so, if she has sepsis. What is her skin like? Pale, cool, and clammy? If so, she could be going into septic shock, which is very serious. If she has sepsis and she's not in a hospital, she needs to be immediately.
2006-09-21 15:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by firemedicgm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PLEASE word -- i'm no longer a doctor. THIS answer does no longer characterize scientific propose, purely MY strategies. I had a fever of 106.7 while i grew to become into approximately 13 years previous. i grew to become into taken to the well-being facility. i'd desire to have had some minor organ injury, yet provided that i grew to become into youthful, and grew to become into dealt with quickly, the wear and tear grew to become into minimum and maximum probable healed in its entirety. Above 107 is while severe injury starts to ensue, the better the temperature, the extra speedy the wear and tear. loss of life is led to by making use of organ failure, no longer purely the temperature. i do no longer think of that 104 is deadly, whether it would be risky, if the guy maintained this temperature for any long quantity of time. If the fever is in a toddler, call their ordinary practitioner. In an grownup, you're able to desire to attempt Tylenol, Motrin or the like, yet while the fever does no longer cut back in 24 hours, touch a doctor.
2016-10-01 05:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
107-108 pretty much destroys the brain's temperature regulating center and then it's a sad story after that.
Respirations can go down to just once or twice a minute.
2006-09-21 17:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋