Sepsis and thyroid?

[scl_scotland]

Had sepsis three weeks ago - thought getting better but totally crashed - temperature low around 35.7 and blood pressure 90/70 - could my thyroid have been affected?

[diogenes Remembering]

With sepsis you have suffered what is known as a nonthyroidal illness. It was acute rather than chronic - that is, it only happened for a shortish time and not longterm. Your thyroid output is affected by a disease like sepsis while the disease lasts - it is partially shut down as per bodily T4-T3 conversion to try to slow your metabolism down to give the body a chance to recover. On remission, recovery of thyroid depends on how you have recovered from sepsis. This is a severe life threatening disease and it takes time to get completely well again. However your thyroid will eventually take up where it left off in health.

[scl_scotland in reply to diogenes]

Thank you - is just a question of just waiting for your body to repair and being patient or can you take more meds?

[diogenes Remembering in reply to scl_scotland]

I think to begin with take time to see how you get along. If after another say month review the situation and if no improvement think about a little more medication if you are on T4 - but only a little!

[scl_scotland in reply to diogenes]

Going to take another month?! I heard that vitamin D can be beneficial?

[diogenes Remembering]

Will do no harm but don't overdose for the sake of your bones.

[Anthea55]

If you had a course of antibiotics some of your good gut bacteria will have been killed off. It would be useful to take probiotics to replenish these. Go for capsules/pills from the chemist which are much, much stronger than anything added to yoghurts and such like.

[cjrsquared]

If you had severe sepsis,(also called red flag sepsis) it can take the body 3-6 months to get back to baseline and for endocrine and renal function to reach normal and for sepsis which didn't require organ support 6-12 weeks. So be kind to your body and try not to be impatient.