Vitamin C Lowers Mortality in Severe Sepsis

Each year, an estimated 1 million people get sepsis or blood poisoning, and up to half die.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Sepsis is a last-ditch effort by your immune system to fight an infection in your body; it can lead to multiple organ failure and death unless promptly treated

• While viruses, fungi and parasites all have the ability to trigger sepsis, bacterial infections are the most common cause. The most common types of infection triggering sepsis are…