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'''Self Mutilation''' is sometimes the term medical practitioners use to describe some forms of [[Body modification|body modification]], particularly the more "extreme" forms, such as [[Cutting|cutting]]. In the [[Body modification|body modification]] community it is more likely a form of self expression, communication and association with like-minded individuals. It may also be considered a coping tool some may use to help deal with feelings of [[Depression|depression]].
'''Sepsis''' is a serious medical condition caused by a severe infection. The more critical subsets of sepsis include severe sepsis (sepsis with acute organ dysfunction) and septic shock (sepsis with refractory arterial hypotension). If a proven source of infection is lacking but the other criteria of sepsis are met, the condition typically meets the criteria for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS); the exception is the condition greater than 10% band forms (this is not a part of the SIRS definition).


Mental health professionals (and sometimes mental health amateurs) typically do not care who wielded the scalpel.  A simple, but meaningful scarification piece by a professional body mod artist using sterile scalpels in a clean, ritualistic space tends to be considered "self-mutilation" by mental health professionals.  Why? They consider such a cutting to be "self-harm by proxy".
Septicemia is sepsis of the bloodstream caused by bacteremia, which is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. The term septicemia is also used to refer to sepsis in general.
 
Most people active in body modification find this term offensive.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [[Self-Harm]]
* [[Septic Shock|Septic Shock]]
* [[Cutting]]
* [[Depression]]

Latest revision as of 11:11, 17 September 2023

Sepsis is a serious medical condition caused by a severe infection. The more critical subsets of sepsis include severe sepsis (sepsis with acute organ dysfunction) and septic shock (sepsis with refractory arterial hypotension). If a proven source of infection is lacking but the other criteria of sepsis are met, the condition typically meets the criteria for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS); the exception is the condition greater than 10% band forms (this is not a part of the SIRS definition).

Septicemia is sepsis of the bloodstream caused by bacteremia, which is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. The term septicemia is also used to refer to sepsis in general.

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