Nellie, good question. Septicemia is a serious bloodstream infection. Septicemia occurs when a bacterial infection elsewhere in the body, such as the lungs or skin, enters the bloodstream. This is dangerous because the bacteria and their toxins can be carried through the bloodstream to your entire body.

Septicemia can quickly become life-threatening. It must be treated in a hospital. If left untreated, septicemia can progress to sepsis.

You can read more about septicemia here:
- What is septicemia? https://www.healthline.com/health/septicemia

I had septicaemia two years ago. It happened after laser surgery on my prostate. The catheter was difficult to remove and I believe that caused the infection that led to my septicaemia. It came on extremely quickly. I left the hospital at 11am feeling excellent, by 2pm I was violently ill. My wife drove me to our local (small town) hospital emergency and they really had no idea what I had or what to do. They then contacted my urologist who had left on holiday but eventually another from the practice rang back and advised them what to do. Bloods, cultures and broad spectrum antibiotics. Over night in hospital and worsening to the point my blood pressure was so low the paramedics wouldn't move me. I really could not see myself surviving. I have never and don't ever want to feel like that again and extremely difficult to remain positive when you hear medical staff conversations. Eventually a MICA ambulance moved me to a larger hospital where I remained for five days before being discharged. To cap it off I then had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic ( Ciprofloxacin) this was changed and eventually recovered fully but took me over three months to get any feeling of normality. That was my one, and hopefully, only experience with septicaemia.

You can write so you can read. Explore the internet, research, do it in many ways with question after question. SEPSIS: It is insidious, creeping about your body in many ways. Pain here, pain getting worse, pain never going away. Your body weakening Depending where the infection begins, on the skin, in your bladder, etc., etc. Some work so quickly you die very fast. Others so slow you doubt what is going on. Be good to your body and check it out looking at your skin for penetration, or your eyes, ears and on and on. Your genitals are as important. We must be alert with our bodies. And ALSO CHECK YOUR CHILDREN AS WELL.