Blood Poisoning Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Blood Poisoning? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Blood Poisoning Risks
These factors increase your chance of getting sepsis:
- Recent illness or hospital care
- Frail health due to extreme age
- Poorly working immune system due to:
- Cancer or chemotherapy for treatment of cancer
- Type 2 Diabetes
- HIV and AIDS or another immunosuppressive condition such as an autoimmune disease or an immune deficiency
- Immunosuppressive medications needed after a transplant
- Medical treatment with an invasive device
- IV drug abuse
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