Warning Streptococcus epidemic spreading

(The Saigon Times)

Thoa Nguyen

(Online VNA) - Nearly a week now, every day tropical disease hospital in Hanoi to receive patients from 1-2 Streptococcus - a disease transmitted from pigs to humans. Among those who visit are four (including two very severe cases) being monitored and treated here.

Update on the Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of Institute of Tropical Diseases country, said at the briefings and disease prevention in humans, which took place in Hanoi, 28-4 pm.

Initial cause shown, these cases can result from eating undercooked pork disease, eat more soup or contact with blood, secretions of the pig through the wound in the skin, respiratory tract.

Dr. Glass said, Streptococcus disease spread from pigs to people, including three possible: septicemia, meningitis latex or a combination of both. According to him, is not a disease epidemic. New patients only scattered in the provinces are blue ear epidemic. However, the disease can be fatal if treated late.


Ear diseases are epidemic broke out in many provinces, so people need to be aware, preventative. According to medical research, blue ear disease does not infect humans. However, this patient immunocompromised, causing other diseases in rapidly growing pigs, including Streptococcus, which may spread disease to humans. The disease can be dangerous in that death rate (up to 70%) if treated late. Those infected may also die due to toxic bacterial infection, causing shock phenomenon.
Short incubation period, from several hours to 3 days. When signs of high fever (40.41 degrees C), the array appears as hemorrhagic necrosis of skin, diarrhea, stiff neck ... have trouble breathing, liver failure, kidney disease, then people should come hospital sooner, avoiding the risk of death.

When infected with streptococcus bacteria, infected people can have an expression in three patients are simply latex meningitis, sepsis alone or in combination of both types. Cases swine Streptococcus disease can cause meningitis combination of pus and blood infections that can lead to shock, bleeding under the skin of each major segment, leading to blood coagulation, multi-organ failure and death.

According to Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Preventive Health (MOH), before the complicated situation of blue ear disease in pigs, to prevent the disease, the best people to make food cooked Hot drinks, absolutely no slaughter and consumption of pigs is manifested sick, sick.