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Specific manifestation: Early symptoms of sepsis should not be ignored. These include:

• fever usually higher than 101˚F (38˚C).

• low body temperature (hypothermia).
• fast heart rate.

• rapid breathing, or more than 20 breaths per minute.

Symptoms of severe sepsis include:

• noticeably lower amounts of urine.

• acute confusion.
• dizziness.

• severe problems breathing.
• bluish discoloration of the digits or lips (cyanosis).

Treatment: Doctors use a number of medications to treat septic shock, including:

• intravenous antibiotics to fight infection.

• vasopressor medications, which are drugs that constrict blood vessels and help increase blood
pressure.

• insulin for blood sugar stability.
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• corticosteroids.

References :

1)Merck Manual, Consumer Version: "Shock," "Anaphylactic Reactions

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: "Anaphylaxis.";2020

2)ScienceDirect. (n.d.). Neurogenic shock - an overview.
sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/neurogenic-shock

3)Septic shock. (2015, February 18)

nhs.uk/Conditions/Septic-shock/Pages/Introduction.aspx

4) Dellinger, P. R., Levy, M. M., Rhodes, A., Annane, D., Gerlach, H., Opal, . . . Moreno, R., (2013, February).
Surviving sepsis campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock:
2012. Critical Care Medicine, (41)2. Retrieved from sccm.org/Documents/SSC-Guidelines.pdf

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