Symptoms of sepsis in the elderly

summary

Sepsis is a systemic infection caused by pathogenic or opportunistic bacteria invading the blood circulation, growing and reproducing, producing toxins and other metabolites. The main clinical manifestations were shivering, high fever, toxic blood symptoms, skin rash, joint pain, some migratory lesions, septic shock, etc. most of them were acute. Now let's talk about the symptoms of sepsis in the elderly.

Symptoms of sepsis in the elderly

Due to the poor general condition and low body reaction of the elderly, the onset of sepsis in the elderly is hidden. In the early stage, there is often a lack of typical symptoms, and the body temperature is not too high. Most of them are moderate to low fever. The heat type is irregular, shivering is rare, and even the body temperature does not rise. It indicates that the disease is serious, and it is often only manifested as apathy, drowsiness, and accelerated heart rate.

The immune function of the elderly is poor, the disease often develops rapidly, and it is easy to have septic shock, especially when gram negative bacilli septicemia is more likely to occur, often accompanied by varying degrees of disturbance of consciousness.

The immune function of the elderly is poor, the disease develops rapidly and is not easy to control, all organs of the body degenerate, senile sepsis often occurs heart, lung, liver, kidney, brain and other important organ damage, eventually leading to multiple organ failure, such as acute renal failure, coma, heart failure, respiratory failure, and even liver failure, water, electrolyte disorders and acid-base imbalance, DIC and so on.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to labor protection and prevent trauma. In case of trauma, timely disinfection and bandage should be carried out. In case of primary local inflammation, timely antibacterial treatment should be carried out. It is strictly prohibited to squeeze and prevent the spread of bacteria. All kinds of diagnosis and treatment techniques in the hospital should be strictly implemented. Strict disinfection and aseptic techniques should be implemented. The disinfection and isolation system in the hospital should be strengthened. Cross infection should be prevented. Antibiotics and adrenocortical hormone should be reasonably used, So as not to cause dysbacteriosis and reduce the patient's immunity.