Assertion: appendix's content | /r/Causes | serious blood infection
Facets:
value: potentially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It hasn't popped like a balloon, but rather the appendix develops a small tear, which allows its contents to leak out into the rest of the abdomen and potentially cause other complications such as a serious blood infection called septicemia or peritonitis, severe inflammation of the intestinal lining.