Professor Matthias Bleets said that in some cases the influenza may lead to blood poisoning also known as “sepsis”.
The infectious disease specialist at the Yina University Hospital in Germany explained that the influenza virus may cause a serious immune reaction or a bacterial infection in addition to that, noting that the weakness of the immune system makes it easy to spread bacteria in the lungs and infection with pneumonia, which is the most common cause of blood poisoning.
Blements pointed out that the risk of blood poisoning rises in people with special health conditions such as the elderly (60 years or more), pregnant women, premature and newborn children, as well as people with chronic diseases in the lung, liver or heart, in addition to diabetes. And cancer.
Symptoms of blood poisoning
The symptoms of blood poisoning are the speed of the heartbeat, shortness of breath, low blood pressure, moisture, cold skin, and the appearance of blue spots on the skin, in addition to feeling exhausted, confused, mental confusion and emergency changes on the personality.
Ambulance should be called upon noteing these symptoms, given that blood poisoning represents an emergency medical condition that requires urgently to undergo medical care.