2007-01-17 07:07:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Leukemia does not cause sepsis, but it can make a person very vulnerable to sepsis when the disease causes white blood cells to form abnormally and lose their ability to fight infections. Chemotherapy to treat leukemia can also kill white blood cells and virtually eliminate a patients ability to fight infections.
Any type of infection could cause sepsis, but viruses such as herpes simplex are not a common cause.
Sepsis is usually caused by staphylococcus, pneumococcus, or other bacteria normally found in or on the skin, lungs, or digestive tract in healthy people. The bacteria takes over when the immune system is suppressed.
2007-01-17 07:34:02 · answer #1 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-09 00:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-13 09:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 00:14:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two types of herpes simplex virus: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Both virus types can cause sores around the mouth (herpes labialis) and on the genitals (genital herpes). Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Cold sores sometimes called fever blisters, are groups of small blisters on the lip and around the mouth. The skin around the blisters is often red, swollen, and sore. The blisters may break open, leak a clear fluid, and then scab over after a few days. They usually heal in several days to 2 weeks.
The herpes simplex virus usually enters the body through a break in the skin around or inside the mouth. It is usually spread when a person touches a cold sore or touches infected fluid?such as from sharing eating utensils or razors, kissing an infected person, or touching that person's saliva. A parent who has a cold sore often spreads the infection to his or her child in this way. Cold sores can also be spread to other areas of the body.
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2015-02-16 10:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-08 02:10:55 · answer #6 · answered by patria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is no.
Sepsis = a severe illness caused by overwhelming infection of the bloodstream by a toxin producing bacteria.
People may get a pneumonia or UTI or skin infection etc... etc... and if the infection spreads one gets systemically infected and septic.
You may be more suseptible to infection if you have leukemia or are undergoing chemotherapy.
2007-01-17 07:23:14 · answer #7 · answered by John M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No sepsis is not directly caused by the leukemia or HSV.
As the prior respondents indicated it is caused by a massive infection that has entered the blood stream.
2007-01-17 07:36:01 · answer #8 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sepsis can be caused by anything for a UTI that has gone septic to Pelvic inflammatory disease. Any infection that gets out of control can go septic and get into the blood stream.
2007-01-17 07:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bacteria
2007-01-17 07:47:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋