What causes blood poisoning?

Condition analysis:
Blood poisoning occurs when bacteria causing infection in another part of your body enter your bloodstream. The presence of bacteria in the blood is referred to as bacteremia or septicemia. The terms septicemia and sepsis are often used interchangeably, though technically they aren’t quite the same. Septicemia, the state of having bacteria in your blood, can lead to sepsis. Sepsis is a severe and often life-threatening state of infection if it’s left untreated. But any type of infection - whether bacterial, fungal, or viral - can cause sepsis. And these substances don’t necessarily need to be in the bloodstream to bring about sepsis.

Such infections most commonly occur in the lungs, abdomen, and urinary tract. Sepsis happens more often in hospitalized patients, where the risk of infection is already higher.

Since blood poisoning occurs when bacteria enter the blood in conjunction with another infection, you won’t develop sepsis without having an infection first.

Some common causes of infections that can cause sepsis include:abdominal -- infection
-- an infected insect bite
-- dental extractions or infected teeth
-- exposure of a covered wound to bacteria during surgical recovery
-- exposure of an open wound to a virus while outdoors
-- infection by drug-resistant bacteria
-- kidney or urinary tract infection
-- skin infection
-- poison ivy infection

Instructions:
Echinacea herb: When you are using this kind of herb, then you are boosting your immune system which means it can fight against the infections. In a cup of boiling water you should add two teaspoons of powdered Echinacea herb. Then, you should steep this mixture. You should drink when it is cooled. Drink it 2 – 3 times per day if you want to have the best results.