According to information from the hospital, about a week after eating pigs, Mr. T.V.L (49 years old, in Thai Binh) began to appear abnormal symptoms. In the early morning of April 13, he suddenly had a high fever of 40 degrees Celsius, trembling, severe abdominal pain, and loose stools with a fishy smell of up to eight times a day. The body is tired, body aches, blood pressure drops.
The patient was taken to the hospital in a state of shock and critical condition, the intubation and the use of vasodilators, then urgently moved to the center of positive recovery.
Here, he was diagnosed with streptococcus suis - a dangerous bacterium that could be transmitted from pigs to humans through unspecified food or through open wounds when exposed to raw pork.
Master, Doctor Dong Phu Khiem - Deputy Director of the Center for Active Resuscitation (Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases) - said: "The patient is hospitalized in a state of bacterial shock, the appearance of necrotic hemorrhage spreads the whole body, especially in the face and limbs".
Immediately, the patient was actively treated with antibiotics, resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, dialysis and blood products such as platelets, fresh plasma. However, the condition is still very heavy, bad prognosis, high risk of death.
According to Dr. Khiem, pig bacterium disease currently does not have a preventive vaccine. If not detected and treated promptly, the disease may leave severe sequelae such as deafness, nerve damage or multi -organ failure.
To prevent, the doctor recommends that people absolutely do not eat blood pudding, pig heart or any product from unmarried pork. When buying meat, it is advisable to choose a product with a clear origin, avoiding meat with abnormal colors, signs of edema or bleeding. Participants in slaughter, pork processing need to wear gloves, masks and clean hands after contact. If there is an open wound, it is necessary to cover it with waterproof gauze before treating raw food. With ready -made food, people should be bare with boiling water or cooked carefully before eating to ensure food safety.
