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Doctordle #79
Infection with whole-body instability
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This archived Doctordle case was published on 2026-06-18. It presents "Infection with whole-body instability" as a Hard Emergency Medicine puzzle. The final answer is Sepsis.
Answer
Sepsis
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Topic pages verified on 2026-07-11
Information summarized from MedlinePlus.gov. MedlinePlus does not endorse Doctordle.
Six clues
Clue 1
A 70-year-old with pneumonia becomes confused and very weak.
Clue 2
Heart rate and breathing are fast.
Clue 3
Blood pressure is low in this fictional case.
Clue 4
The problem is not just the infection site; the whole body is reacting.
Clue 5
Organ dysfunction is the dangerous clue.
Clue 6
The answer is the name for this severe response to infection.
Plain-language explanation
Sepsis is a severe body-wide response to infection that can lead to organ dysfunction. This puzzle uses emergency-pattern clues only for educational recognition.
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