Medical
4-year-old child turns purple even when awake, SpO2 drops to 61% at night
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Ho Chi Minh City - Multiple sleep measurement results show that the apnea - decreased breathing index of 4-year-old children is up to 39.5 times/hour, the lowest SpO2 in the night dropped to 61%.
Patients use traditional medicine to improve erectile dysfunction, health improves but only weakness is seen
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Believing in the advertisement, a patient bought traditional medicine to improve erectile dysfunction. However, after use, the condition not only did not improve but also became weaker.
Small increase in COVID-19 cases, symptoms easily mistaken for flu
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COVID-19 in Hanoi increases slightly, symptoms are easily confused with flu. Young children, the elderly and people with underlying diseases need to pay special attention.
Dengue fever increases, demand for mosquito repellent increases accordingly
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Hanoi - Faced with the increasing developments of dengue fever, people's demand for mosquito repellent has also increased, leading to a slight increase in the prices of some products.
Health stations in Ho Chi Minh City lack human resources, facilities do not meet needs
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Ho Chi Minh City is bringing universal health check-ups closer to people, both permanent and temporary residents. However, grassroots healthcare is still lacking doctors to meet the needs of medical examination and treatment.
Hoi An doctor saves female tourist with a rare disease never recorded in Vietnam
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Da Nang - A female Australian tourist suffering from a rare disease, never recorded in Vietnamese medical literature, was successfully rescued by doctors in Hoi An.
Miraculous rescue of 36-week pregnant woman in critical condition after traffic accident in Hai Phong
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Hai Phong - Doctors at Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital have just successfully saved a 36-week pregnant woman with severe traumatic brain injury after a traffic accident.
3 leg exercises to help limit blood sugar spikes when sitting for a long time
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Just with the simple in-place movements below, people who sit for a long time can activate muscles, increase glucose consumption and support hyperglycemia.
Hand, foot and mouth disease increases rapidly, Lam Dong health sector strengthens control
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Lam Dong - Hand, foot and mouth disease is increasing rapidly, with 1 death recorded due to EV71, the health sector is urgently implementing epidemic prevention measures.
Khanh Hoa responds to petitions on sanctioning residence registration for children
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Khanh Hoa - Voters are concerned about the content related to administrative sanctions for cases of not registering residence for children within the prescribed time limit.
Summer, many children are hospitalized due to digestive diseases
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Many children have to be hospitalized due to digestive diseases in the summer. Doctors have pointed out the symptoms that parents need to take their children to the hospital early.
Man in Da Nang accidentally swallows bamboo toothpick while sleeping
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Da Nang - Swallowing a toothpick and then falling asleep, a 67-year-old man accidentally swallowed a sharp bamboo toothpick, 5cm long, into his stomach, leading to critical condition.
Baby has prolonged shortness of breath, doctors discover a live leech more than 12cm long in the trachea
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Quang Ngai - The baby was hospitalized in a state of prolonged shortness of breath. Through endoscopy, doctors at the Provincial Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital discovered a leech over 12cm long living in the airway.
Successful surgery on a 1.1kg teratoma tumor for a newborn
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Ho Chi Minh City - Children's Hospital 1 has successfully operated on a giant tumor in the coccyx region weighing 1.1kg for a 2-day-old newborn.
Ministry of Health tightens management of free medicine program, preventing abuse for advertising
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The Ministry of Health requests the unified implementation of new regulations on the free drug support program to ensure transparency.
Ministry of Health warns of US recall of infant milk after 3 cases of poisoning
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The Ministry of Health issued an urgent warning about Nara Organics infant formula product after the US recalled all products due to 3 cases of Botulinum poisoning in infants.
Ministry of National Defense revokes medical examination and treatment practice licenses of 6 individuals
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The Ministry of National Defense decided to revoke the practicing licenses for medical examination and treatment of 3 doctors, 1 medical assistant and 2 nurses at the request of the practitioners themselves.
Helicopter takes female tourist from Phu Quy island to mainland for emergency treatment
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Lam Dong - A female tourist hospitalized in serious condition in Phu Quy Special Zone was hired by her family to be taken by helicopter to Ho Chi Minh City for emergency treatment overnight.
Attacked by termites, doctors show how to handle it to avoid scarring
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First-season rain creates conditions for thrips to appear more in Ho Chi Minh City, leading to an increase in the number of contact dermatitis cases.
After the rains, many people were attacked by termites
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Consecutive rains in Ho Chi Minh City recently created favorable conditions for thrips to develop, causing the number of cases of dermatitis to increase.
