1.0 History Of Sepsis
The term “sepsis” was originate from the Greek which brought the meaning of decomposition of any organic matter, or vegetables or even animals in the presence of bacteria. The word “sepsis” was first used since 2700 years ago by Homer in one of his poem which have the meaning “I rot” (Funk, 2009). The word “sepsis” is also has been mentioned in Corpus Hippocraticum, a writing by Hippocrates (400 BC) who are known as a great philosopher and physician (Parrillo, 2009). He considers that sepsis is a very dangerous as it can biologically decay the body tissue. Hippocrates was also one of the first person who actually examine some medicinal compounds such as alcohol in vinegar and wine that have antisepsis properties.
In modern medicine, sepsis is actually a blood poisoning or also known as septicaemia which can induce a person body to attack its own tissues and organs due to the body’s reaction to an infection (Daniels, 2012). Usually sepsis occur when …show more content…
Sepsis may be due to the infections of various types of bacteria that usually exists around us such as Escherichia coli, streptococcus, MRSA and others related (Daniels, 2012). Occasionally, the body might as well responds abnormally to these kind of infections, which then lead to sepsis. A person with sepsis might experiences a flu-like illness and may felt very cold or very hot, had aching muscles and tiredness as well as losing their appetite. To be exact, at the beginning of sepsis, the person will have a body temperature that exceed 38° C or less than 36° C and their heart rate were exceed 90 beats per minute. A severe sepsis on the other hand will starting to show some organs dysfunction with perfusion abnormalities such as lactic acidosis, oligura, altered mental status and etc. A decreasing systolic blood pressure which under 90mm Hg which also known as hypoperfusion can occur as well (Bone, et al.,