Notes 10-14-09

Toxic Shock
Shock- is inflamation except for everywhere (high fever, low BP, (causing vomiting, nausea, dizziness, fainting) generalized pain which leads to organ failure or death.
Septic Shock-caused by bacteria growing in blood (septicemia)
Inflamation-swelling blood moving to the area, warmness
body's general response to injury-trying to get some immune system cells to the site of the injury
blood vessel cells shrink making velles in area of injury leaky
increase blood flow to site of injury

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