{"id":294796,"date":"2026-09-27T02:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294796\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T02:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:56:10","slug":"pennsylvania-department-of-health-shares-sepsis-warning-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294796\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Department of Health Shares Sepsis Warning Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ziplink.us\/t\/T0YhbQ2yEAwA42JO\" data-reference=\" CVBA Ad \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CVBA-9-1.png\"\/>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding residents that nearly any infection can lead to sepsis, a potentially life-threatening medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possible signs and symptoms include clammy skin, confusion, discomfort, fever or chills, a high heart rate, a weak pulse and shortness of breath. Anyone experiencing symptoms of sepsis should seek medical care immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reduce the risk of infection, residents should keep their hands clean and properly care for cuts and wounds. They can also speak with a health care provider about additional preventive measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4yddUmD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4yddUmD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/synap.so\/t\/6II7A1hlLwUAnfkuxjEzsid6UinavrAHzguQgvwrLTzE2ehLToFH6zOH\" data-reference=\" Wellspan \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Wellspan-4-1.png\"\/>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo credits to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth?__cft__[0]=AZgN3XQT8Ew3gt__TpwNhTcL2DerztihSqNNKT2p1gp9lBPGbkBWjrg-bkED3ZVcVRvQHlDkVA2gywRGo6eN_3E9vzT_Ngq-mCtJbaCjOQkxBtUfovBowhXfOMS3FzLS46PG8kOmRfTrRTGGHd_ZW6iP8h6YVjcV9KrtbW5qZVC4nigmrRg2bLHqTVg&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania Department of Health<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ziplink.us\/t\/iDOO2PNXCkAukNweHfotxarr\" data-reference=\" Geisel Funeral \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geisel6-4.png\"\/>  <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding residents that nearly any infection can lead to sepsis, a potentially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-294796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}