Device may detect urinary tract infections faster
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 12:50
in Health & Medicine
Urinary tract infections can quickly move from being a merely miserable experience to a life-threatening condition. Untreated cases may trigger sepsis, which occurs when the immune system, in an attempt to fight off the infection, inadvertently activates body-wide inflammation that can cause blood clots and leaky blood vessels.