Dangerous epidemic season

Thursday, 06.05.2010, 01:58 (GMT +7)
North is entering the hot summer days, this is also the time of many serious animal disease outbreaks in humans. From diarrhea caused by bacteria described dangerous levels, Streptococcus to dengue fever, encephalitis, fever, viral ... More worryingly, the epidemiological investigation showed that a serious animal disease outbreak are largely due to comments people's poor form.


Number of patients increased during heat stress. Photo: Mai Hai


Disease infected by unhygienic food

It took over half months in hospital in the Emergency Treatment - Treatment Hospital positive (BV) Tropical Diseases of the Central Health Nguyen Van H., 30, in Pho Yen, Thai Nguyen new pass attack critical illness due to infection from swine Streptococcus. Body still patchy deep black patches because hemorrhagic necrosis of the skin caused by swine streptococcus bacteria cause, he H. tired said, because the imported food blocks blood pudding, which he infected pig heart disease risk.

According to Dr Intermediate, Deputy Director of Emergency Department - Treatment of active, up to now has received hospital treatment for 6 cases of Streptococcus infection from sick pigs and many suspected cases. Among them, there are two new cases hospitalized in the past 3-5 days in Quang Ninh and Ba Vi district, Hanoi, were identified from patients eat pork.

In the Pacific has had eight cases suspected swine streptococcus infections. Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, director of the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said this does not have any evidence of disease in swine streptococcus bacteria spread from person to person. However, since the outbreak of blue ear pig in many localities, some people have also increased by Streptococcus, all suspected cases of infectious disease or have contact with sick pigs or eat blood pudding , pig hearts, pig meat is not cooked.

Along with Streptococcus disease spread from pigs to people, dangerous epidemic of acute diarrhea caused by cholera outbreak continues in many places. Only in the north is now available in Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Ha Nam and recorded epidemic of acute diarrhea caused by cholera. Henan is the latest local outbreak of acute diarrhea caused by dangerous bacteria described, with 47 cases after the same meal at a wedding in rural Korea, North Ly commune, Ly Nhan district. Before that, Me Trai hamlet, Vinh Hong, Binh Giang, Hai Duong has also recorded more than 30 cases of acute diarrhea, including five cases of cholera after a meal crowded deck.

Also, on 5-5, Nguyen Tran Chinh, director of HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases has to receive treatment of NVT (23 years old, live in Chau Thanh District, Tay Ninh) have described. Previously, patients hospitalized in a state of physical exhaustion, kidney failure, continuous diarrhea every day dozens of times. Test results showed that patients positive for cholera. This is the first described cases of Tay Ninh province and patients live adjacent to the Cambodian border.

On 5-5, Preventive Medicine Center of Dien Bien province, said the current measles epidemic in the locality in the district of Muong Nhe has been controlled but here syndrome epidemic dysentery outbreak continued, bringing the number of people infected where nearly 100 cases, which has had two deaths. Worrying is the service area is occurring in remote areas, villages near the border as Sin Leng Xu, Chung Chai to the detection, control and extinguishing service encounter some difficulties.

They also racing ill

Not only have blue ear pig, or Streptococcus dangerous acute diarrhea that now in many provinces in the north has also recorded several hundred cases of dengue fever, meningitis and fever virus. Worrying as this year, some children are suffering from the disease tends to rise because of erratic changes in weather.

Doi Phu Nhuan BS, Dean examination Central Pediatrics Hospital, said about a week, coming in search of young children increases, over 2,000 children per day, whereas before, on how much is just about 1600 children. Not only that, at the Department of Children's Bach Mai Hospital or Paul Green, to the examination of children also increased by 20% compared with the past.

Most of the children to visit mainly cough, fever virus, pneumonia, diarrhea and a few grandchildren encephalitis. Number of children admitted to the examination and treatment has increased these days makes scientific respiratory, gastrointestinal, infectious, neonatal ... fall into overload.

Before the situation more dangerous disease outbreaks big risk, Associate Professor Dr Nguyen Huy Nga, director of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment, said the weather has turned northern summer, hot sun with high high humidity are favorable conditions for viruses, bacteria on the growth, along with a subjective sense, disregard of many diseases. Therefore, in order to proactively prevent dangerous infectious diseases in the moment, people need to make good personal hygiene, environmental hygiene, wash hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet, ensure food safety, drinking hot cooked done.

Especially for Streptococcus epidemic of acute diarrhea and dangerous cholera bacteria, health authorities, veterinary and local government must step up surveillance blue ear pig, absolutely not for people selling running pig disease indiscriminately thrown or buried.

People should limit eating crowded, absolutely not eat blood pudding, raw, undercooked pork, as pork to buy the source, clearly marked with the quarantine, the pig slaughter or go to destroy sick pig mask and gloves carefully.