On June 2nd, information from Vinh City General Hospital said that the Intensive Care - Poison Control Department had just saved a critical patient due to streptococcal pig infection causing septic shock, severe metabolic acidosis and multiple organ failure.
Patient H.N. M. (58 years old, residing in Nghe An) was admitted to the hospital in a state of severe hypotension, diagnosed with septic shock and severe metabolic acidosis. Only about an hour after admission, many scattered pale purple patches appeared on the patient's limbs. Medical history showed that about 3 days before admission, the patient ate pig intestines.
Recognizing that the patient had many typical signs of streptococcal pig infection, doctors intubated, performed blood filtration and used antibiotics in the first hour. However, after only one day of treatment, the patient developed multiple organ failure, scattered blood clots in the lumen (DIC), very severe prognosis, high risk of death.
Faced with a critical situation, the doctors continued to consult and propose an optimal treatment regimen. The patient was given antibiotics according to the antibiotic chart, transfused blood products and underwent continuous blood filtration with an M100 filter to control blood clotting disorders. After 72 hours of racing with "death", the patient's hemodynamic status began to improve, and the infection indicators gradually decreased.
Doctor Ngo Nam Hai, Head of the Intensive Care - Poison Control Department, Vinh City General Hospital, said: "The patient was admitted to the hospital in a very serious condition, progressing rapidly, with a real risk of death. There were times when the patient was out of shock but had arrhythmia, and when arrhythmia was controlled, she had re-shock. There were times when we thought the patient would hardly survive. However, with the determination to save him to the end, the patient has now passed the critical condition and his health is gradually stabilizing.
After 10 days of intensive treatment, the patient was awake, had good contact, physical condition clearly improved, and no longer had infection or blood clotting disorders.
According to Dr. Ngo Nam Hai, human streptococcal disease is an acute infectious disease caused by Streptococcus suis bacteria, transmitted from pigs to humans. The disease can be transmitted through direct contact with sick pigs during breeding, slaughtering, transportation; eating blood pudding, pork or uncooked organs, especially from sick or dead pigs.
To prevent disease, people should not slaughter or consume sick or dead pork; absolutely do not eat blood pudding, uncooked pork; only buy pork with clear origin, which has been quarantined by veterinary agencies.
