On the morning of February 11, the Department of Health of Binh Thuan Province said that it had just recorded a case of suspected rabies death in Ham Thuan Bac district.
The patient is 52 years old in La Da commune, Ham Thuan Bac district. 3 weeks ago, a fragile dog bitten the dog raised in this patient's house. When the dog was bitten, the patient came to see the condition of the dog, the dog was bitten by the dog with two bleeding.
The patient washing wounds with cold water, the next day the antiseptic wound was washed but did not inject rabies vaccine and rabies serum.
On January 28, patients with fever, fatigue, headache. Family members buy colds for drinking. On the evening of January 30, the patient showed a lot of tiredness, panic, screaming, afraid of water, so his family members took to Binh Thuan General Hospital. After the examination, combining clinical symptoms and a history of a dog bite, the doctor diagnosed rabies. The patient awakened, showing signs of stimulation, screaming, fear of water, unable to drink, fear of light, swallowing, headache.
After that, family members asked to take the patient home and died after a few days.
The Center for Disease Control Binh Thuan Province informed the outbreak of animals to people to the Department of Livestock Production and Veterinary Medicine in coordinating investigation and supervision.
Local health facilities have investigated and supervised rabies, patients' families and relatives in the patient's family. At the same time, propaganda mobilizing family members to be scratched by rabies dogs, biting to prevent rabies vaccines.
