Patient's question:
Recently, after a thorough physical examination, I found that my total white blood cell count had significantly increased to 10-30×10/L, with a neutrophil percentage over 80%. There was a recurrence of prominent left shift and intracellular toxic granules, and I was diagnosed with sepsis. Hello, can sepsis be infectious?Doctor's answer:
Various immunosuppressive drugs, such as corticosteroids, anti-catabolic drugs, antitumor drugs, and radiotherapy, can weaken cellular or humoral immunity. Some may also reduce white blood cell counts or suppress inflammatory responses, thereby facilitating bacterial spread. Long-term use of antimicrobial drugs can easily lead to the adaptation of drug-resistant strains, increasing the opportunity for infection. Various examinations or treatment measures, such as endoscopic examinations, intubation examinations, great saphenous vein catheterization, indwelling catheters, intravenous hyperalimentation therapy, various dialysis techniques, and organ transplantation, can cause bacteria to enter the bloodstream or lead to infectious thrombosis, resulting in sepsis.