At the Intensive Care Department (Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases), the patient’s condition is quite serious, with difficulty breathing, dilated pupils, inguinal pulse cannot be detected, blood pressure cannot be measured, purple streaks on the whole body, and purpura. necrosis of the face, arms and legs. After intensive resuscitation, the condition did not improve and the patient died.
The cause of patient H’s death was septic shock caused by streptococcus swine with multiple organ failure – metabolic acidosis – severe coagulation disorder.
Associate Professor, Dr. Do Trung Dung – Head of the Department of Parasitology (Central Institute of Malaria – Parasitology – Entomology) said that after Tet, many people choose hot pot for parties and gatherings.
However, with aquatic vegetables (water spinach, coriander, celery, fish mint…) when eaten without being cooked or when eaten in hot pot, the larvae will not be destroyed. People who eat it are not only infected with worm eggs but also likely to be infected with liver fluke larvae.
Choose to eat safely
According to doctor Le Van Thieu, eating raw, undercooked dishes is the way for helminths to penetrate the man’s body. And when tapeworm larvae are ingested, they can travel through the bloodstream to the brain and muscles and cause disease.
When tapeworm larvae reside in the brain (seen in 60-96% of cases), it can lead to groups of neurological diseases such as: Headaches, epilepsy, mental disorders, visual disorders, physical weakness – memory loss, muscle twitching.
As for swine streptococcus, it is a type of bacteria that naturally resides in the upper respiratory tract, especially the tonsils, nasal cavity, genital and digestive tracts of healthy or diseased pigs.
Swine streptococcus has 35 serotypes, of which type 2 is the most virulent and often causes disease in humans. People at risk of infection: Due to eating habits that have a high risk of contracting streptococcus, such as eating raw or undercooked pig products, including pig blood and organs.
“The mortality rate due to streptococcus infection is very high. People infected with streptococcus can suffer permanent hearing loss and vestibular disorders, which are commonly reported sequelae of patients infected with streptococcus. Currently, Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent streptococcal disease in humans. Disease prevention is mainly to ensure labor safety in animal husbandry, food hygiene and safety, processing and eating cooked pig products, If you don’t eat blood pudding, the pigs will get sick and die…” – Doctor Le Van Thieu gave recommendations.
“When eating vegetables that are not washed or cooked, there is a guaranteed risk of infection with liver fluke and roundworm and hookworm eggs. Fascioliasis can cause abscesses in the liver and the larvae can travel throughout the human body causing lesions and extrahepatic abscesses in the armpits, abdominal muscles, knees, thighs, and muscles. legs… To prevent liver flukes, people should quit the habit of eating undercooked and raw foods…” – Associate Professor, Dr. Do Trung Dung recommended.