Circulatory shock or using its proper name physiological shock is when the blood flow in your body is dramatically reduced.
This type of shock happens when your body is physically reacting to a situation your body is being faced to deal with, which is different to the common type of shock when your mind is reacting to a situation for example being a victim of an aggressive crime.
Physiological shock can be caused by severe bleeding, a blood clot in the heart or lungs, spinal injury, severe vomiting and diarrhoea or poisoning.
Physiological shock is split into different types depending on the cause.
For example, if your heart has been severely damaged by a major heart attack or similar reason, it is no longer able to pump the blood around the body properly and therefore your blood flow has reduced quite dramatically.
This type of physiological shock is called cardiogenic shock.
It can be treated by using drugs to make the heart beat stronger, whilst the heart is recovering.
This is what we see on the hospital TV programmes when someone suffers a heart attack and then goes into shock after as the heart is not working properly and the person's blood pressure has dramatically reduced.
You can also suffer from "Septic Shock" which is when a bacterial infection causes the person's blood pressure to drop.
Anybody who has been suffering from a severe illness, sickness and diarrhoea caused by a bacterial infection could suffer septic shock.
The bacterial infection could come from a number of sources such as untreated and dirty wounds, or from contaminated food and/or internal intake.
When bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics the bacteria releases massive amounts of toxins which are then killed off.
These toxins can enter the body and the blood stream which can make the shock worse and must be dealt with by the correct administering and monitoring of drugs.
Another form of shock which can cause this physiological or circulatory shock is anaphylactic shock.
You may have heard of anaphylactic shock which is a body's severe allergic reaction to something such as a bee sting, wasp sting, food allergy such as nuts, shellfish or eggs and can also include the allergic reaction to some medicines such an penicillin.
Due to this reaction, the blood flow around the body is not being circulated properly.
This type of shock can be dangerous as it can affect the person's breathing too as well as swelling to the mouth, throat, lips and tongue.
Anybody who is aware of suffering from this type of shock should carry on them an EpiPen which should be self administered immediately whilst you are waiting for medical help.
If you are in any doubt, you should always seek medical assistance.
However, knowing basic first aid skills could be of great assistance in the meantime.
This type of shock happens when your body is physically reacting to a situation your body is being faced to deal with, which is different to the common type of shock when your mind is reacting to a situation for example being a victim of an aggressive crime.
Physiological shock can be caused by severe bleeding, a blood clot in the heart or lungs, spinal injury, severe vomiting and diarrhoea or poisoning.
Physiological shock is split into different types depending on the cause.
For example, if your heart has been severely damaged by a major heart attack or similar reason, it is no longer able to pump the blood around the body properly and therefore your blood flow has reduced quite dramatically.
This type of physiological shock is called cardiogenic shock.
It can be treated by using drugs to make the heart beat stronger, whilst the heart is recovering.
This is what we see on the hospital TV programmes when someone suffers a heart attack and then goes into shock after as the heart is not working properly and the person's blood pressure has dramatically reduced.
You can also suffer from "Septic Shock" which is when a bacterial infection causes the person's blood pressure to drop.
Anybody who has been suffering from a severe illness, sickness and diarrhoea caused by a bacterial infection could suffer septic shock.
The bacterial infection could come from a number of sources such as untreated and dirty wounds, or from contaminated food and/or internal intake.
When bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics the bacteria releases massive amounts of toxins which are then killed off.
These toxins can enter the body and the blood stream which can make the shock worse and must be dealt with by the correct administering and monitoring of drugs.
Another form of shock which can cause this physiological or circulatory shock is anaphylactic shock.
You may have heard of anaphylactic shock which is a body's severe allergic reaction to something such as a bee sting, wasp sting, food allergy such as nuts, shellfish or eggs and can also include the allergic reaction to some medicines such an penicillin.
Due to this reaction, the blood flow around the body is not being circulated properly.
This type of shock can be dangerous as it can affect the person's breathing too as well as swelling to the mouth, throat, lips and tongue.
Anybody who is aware of suffering from this type of shock should carry on them an EpiPen which should be self administered immediately whilst you are waiting for medical help.
If you are in any doubt, you should always seek medical assistance.
However, knowing basic first aid skills could be of great assistance in the meantime.