On the morning of January 15, Mr. Nguyen Chi Thanh - Director of the Ha Tinh Provincial Center for Disease Control - said that the case of patient T.T.H (55 years old, residing in Thanh Sen ward) after being transferred for treatment at Bach Mai Hospital had test results of meningococcal meningitis.
According to Mr. Thanh, it is an acute infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, which often attacks the meninges and blood, is transmitted through the respiratory tract, and can cause death or severe sequelae such as deafness and disability, requiring early detection and vaccination to prevent the disease is most effective.
Sudden onset symptoms include high fever, severe headache, stiff neck, vomiting, possibly hemorrhagic rash. In severe cases, sepsis will occur with symptoms of shock, multiple organ failure.
Previously, on January 10, Ha Tinh Provincial General Hospital received patient T.T.H (55 years old, residing in Thanh Sen ward) with symptoms of headache, dizziness, fever, blurred speech, body aches and pains, with many bleeding spots under the skin in the arms, legs, and abdomen.
Initial tests showed that the patient had infection, increased liver enzymes, and was monitored for acute kidney failure. Immediately after that, the patient was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit for consultation. Here, the patient was placed in an endotracheal tube, ventilated, and used vasopressure.
According to the initial diagnosis of the doctors, the patient was monitored for septicemia not excluding streptococcus suis infection - acute hepatitis - hepatitis B - acute kidney failure.
Faced with the patient's seriousness, Ha Tinh Provincial General Hospital transferred him to Bach Mai Hospital for further treatment.
According to information from family members, Mr. H had previously eaten goat blood pudding at a restaurant in the area, then 5 days later he developed symptoms of fever, headache, dizziness. Relatives suspected that the goat blood pudding that Mr. H ate may have been mixed with pig blood pudding.
However, with test results from Bach Mai Hospital, it was confirmed that the patient had meningococcal meningitis and not streptococcal infection.
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