but in some people it moves into the bloodstream. once it moves into the bloodstream it s what we call bacteremia, what we call a blood infection. if it moves to the next step, that s sepsis and sepsis causes organ dysfunction, the kidney, the heart, the brain, the liver, they start having issues working like they should. if that s not treated quickly enough or well enough it turns into septic shock and that s the life threatening condition that this could have advanced to. as you get older it s easier to get through that spectrum of illnesses and advance all the way to that septic shock but luckily he didn t. they got him at the early stage. gave him the iv antibiotics and fluid. and like we ve heard the last couple of days he s doing great, up and talking and talking about discharging him today or sometime this weekend. we should mention despite the graphic saying coronavirus pandemic this has nothing to do
it stops and people can be stabilized very quickly and they re only in the hospital for a few days. if it progresses even more it turns into sepsis, that s a life-threatening area where the organ dysfunction starts happening. in other words, the kidney, the live, the brain, the lungs, aren t working as well as they ordinarily do and that s harder to treat. if it s not treated as well as we would like to, then it can turn into septic shock which has a 40 or 50% mortality rate. that s where we don t want them to get. it sounds like he got to the second stage and didn t progress beyond that because of the rapidity of being given antibiotics and fluids and being monitored over the last couple of days. that s certainly good news. dr. torres, the former president is 75. he went to the hospital because he was feeling extreme fatigue. do symptoms manifest differently in somebody the former president s age versus someone who is younger? a great question, they certainly do.