Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Vietnam: 25 yo Hanoi - No food, slaughtering infected birds flu has infected

March 17, 2010 Updated: 7:57 AM, March 17, 2010
(Labor) - no direct contact with infected poultry, not directly eat meat or poultry sick die, but her T (25 years old, in Soc Son) influenza A/H5N1 has infected. The experts, the virus can be dispersed in the environment and her T to infections.

T when she discovered influenza A/H5N1 infection, the fence next to the neighbor has a dead chicken, feathers still leaves King vãi around that area. T brought her husband to bury chickens. However, a week later, she began appearing T symptoms of fever, cough, sore throat, headache and began to show signs of difficulty breathing.

Only treatment at home with medications and regular communication should translate her illness worse, on Tuesday will be taken to BV North Thang Long, Hanoi. Here, the patient was diagnosed suspected viral pneumonia and treated with antiviral drugs, antibiotics help.

Three days later, the patient's health is deteriorating, the patient was transferred to T resuscitation science positive, BV Bach Mai and Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Surgeons confirmed positive test result for influenza A / H5N1.

On March 15, the BS BV Bach Mai said: When BV was moved on Thursday of the disease, so health has been declining seriously, white blood cells, platelets decreased to 51.000/1ml blood, while in the to reach normal levels in blood 150.000/1ml.

Patients have impaired viscera (4 / 5 organs, including: Tibetan circulatory, respiratory organs, organs and organ blood digestion). Ms. T and the Left have been born three months should be more serious than health. We still have patients appear more ventilation and air filled lung membranes.

From early March until now, the area around the house with her T birds sick or dead scattered. According to the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Surgeons, not exclude cases A/H5N1 virus dispersal in the environment around your home can be a source of infection for patients with this disease.

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