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It can come seemingly out of nowhere: a patient gets an infection — in the lungs, bladder, or pretty much anywhere — and the body’s immune system overreacts, sometimes so severely the patient ultimately dies.
The condition is called sepsis-and-septic-shock/” title=”Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding … and …”>septicemia, or sometimes referred to as sepsis or septic shock. And by the numbers, Massachusetts has seen an alarming increase in cases.
Or has it?
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