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A septic shock is a life-threatening fall in
blood pressure caused by blood poisoning
(septicaemia). Toxins produced by bacteria
infecting the blood induce a widespread
dilation of the blood vessels throughout the
body, and it is this that causes the
patient's collapse.
Subject by: Shaun Jay