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Sepsis is an extreme and lethal immune response

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Sometimes the cure is significantly more dangerous than the initial problem. When fighting an infection, your defensive network can inexplicably panic and flood the entire host with a chaotic storm of destructive chemicals. This horrific overreaction causes widespread collateral damage, rapidly shutting down vital internal systems in a desperate, ultimately suicidal attempt to clear the pathogen.

Sepsis is an extreme and lethal immune response
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