Tuesday, May 25, 2010

"See" pig sick patients infected swine Streptococcus

Tuesday, 25/05/2010 - 17:06
(AP) - 2 days ago, her baby brother to play house, right at home I have to sell off sick pigs, pig sty, she just dropped see sick pigs. The next day, you do not use a fever, the body grows a lot of hemorrhagic necrosis, emergency hospitalizations.


This morning (25 / 5), Nguyen Thi Be patient (55 years in Tien Lu district, Hung Yen province) was taken to hospital in the central tropical disease condition severe septic shock, the whole body as purple plum back by the note the necrosis to right, appear from top to heel.


The Committee necrosis appeared more on the body, from face, head to toe patient (Photo: H. Hai)
Ms. Little said, the sisters have adopted a pig sows but now completely healthy. She herself did not have long to eat pork, as witnessed in the countryside, many families are sick pigs to sell off. Only a single contact with sick pigs is home to his brother, right at home this they sell sick pigs.

Intermediate BS.ThS Nguyen, Faculty of active treatment (Institute of Tropical Diseases country) said, this patient was severe septic shock, blood pressure should drop immediately to use drugs to increase and maintain vasomotor maintain blood pressure. At this point, still fever patients, blood pressure is stable, and the doctors can not be anticipated disease progression in those days, patients will hurt any of the organs.
Currently patients with numbness, leg pain a lot. Doctors are alarmed at the situation vasoconstrictor ability, lead to necrosis of the foot and toes. Patient samples were also taken for testing swine streptococcus bacteria, but the symptoms can make very clear that patients infected with Streptococcus pigs.

According to Dr. Grant, when farmers should not panic sell sick pigs that need to promptly report to the veterinary service zoning. The sale of this sick pig (and probably pig blood infections, pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pigs) swine Streptococcus causing disease in people at risk of spread by slaughter, disease eat pork.

So, here is the first 21 patients infected with swine Streptococcus hospitalized patients from tropical countries this year. Patients are mainly men, who are directly exposed to surgery, hospitalization and pigs in very serious condition. The patients came from Ha Nam, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, Phu Tho.

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