My husband wants to know what is the difference between a patient being septic and a septic tank. (i.e. why they use the same word) Sadly, I don’t know the answer.
If you are located in a rural area without public water & sewer, you have a septic tank & leech field to take care of the waste (and a well for water supply - not close together!) the microbes in the septic tank break down the waste then it filters out through the leech field. A septic patient is full of microbes but they're not doing good work like those in a septic tank ;)
If you are located in a rural area without public water & sewer, you have a septic tank & leech field to take care of the waste (and a well for water supply - not close together!) the microbes in the septic tank break down the waste then it filters out through the leech field. A septic patient is full of microbes but they're not doing good work like those in a septic tank ;)
ReplyDeletewonderful explanation!
DeleteORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek sēptikos,‘rotten.’
ReplyDeleteGiven that, the usage for the two terms probably came about independently.
Shitty place to be regardless!
ReplyDeleteI assumed it had to do with bacteria being in each one.
ReplyDeletewait, seriously? i know you're PM&R but sheesh, you should at least know the definition of sepsis...
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