Guide To The Serious Symptoms Of Sepsis

Extreme Weakness

As the vital organs fail in sepsis patients, mitochondrion failure also occurs. The mitochondrion is a significant body part as it helps in energy synthesis. If it is dysfunctional, it causes muscle failure and leads to extreme weakness in patients. Sepsis also causes problems in the peripheral nervous system due to polyneuropathy and myopathy. As the muscles grow weaker, a sepsis patient only has the option of relying solely on a ventilator to stay alive.

Extreme weakness is also a common post-sepsis syndrome, and it may be long-term, depending on the stage of sepsis. This symptom occurs due to the profound ultra-structural defects of the body muscles that causes them to waste off.