Diabetes can cause systemic damage to the body

resulting in a decline in immune function

which is prone to serious infection. Sepsis can be caused by host reaction disorder during infection

which is very dangerous

and patients often suffer from severe organ dysfunction or even death within a short period of time. With a sharp increase in the prevalence of diabetes worldwide

the number of patients with diabetes complicated with sepsis has also increased rapidly. Therefore

it is of great significance and urgency to increase the understanding of the correlation and influence between these two diseases for clinical treatment. This article reviews the progress of diabetes and sepsis in epidemiology

general outcome

systemic damage

and pathogenesis.