MSN: These tree roots can wreck your septic line sooner than you’d think
Tree roots do not wait decades to cause trouble for your septic line. Given moisture, nutrients, and even a small opening, they can invade pipes in just a few growing seasons and quietly set up the ...
These tree roots can wreck your septic line sooner than you’d think
MSN: Things You Can (and Can’t) Put on Your Septic System’s Leach Field
Things You Can (and Can’t) Put on Your Septic System’s Leach Field
If it continues, sepsis can develop into septic shock, a life-threatening situation in which organs begin to fail and blood pressure drops even more dramatically. Any kind of infection can trigger sepsis. But certain infections, such as pneumonia, abdominal or kidney infection, and infections that affect the blood, are more likely to cause sepsis.
Even with treatment, sepsis can progress to severe sepsis or septic shock, causing organ damage. Close monitoring and treatment for sepsis occur in the hospital setting, typically with a combination of antibiotics, intravenous fluids and other medications, including vasopressors, corticosteroids or pain relievers.
What are the differences among sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock? Sepsis refers to signs of inflammation in the presence of a presumed infection, Dr. Peters says. “Severe sepsis means you’ve got that and signs of organ damage: lung injury, impaired kidney function, impaired liver function,” Dr. Peters explains.
Septic arthritis — A wound in or near a joint or a draining arthritic cyst can result in a severe joint infection called septic arthritis. Bacteria can erode joint