Thursday, April 29, 2010

4 people hospitalized because of blue ear pig

Thursday, 29/04/2010, 17:12


TPO - The Tropical Disease Hospital Central (Hanoi) said at least four patients infected with streptococcus bacteria is being treated pigs, in which three people with meningitis, an infection of blood.



Nguyen Van Huong patients being treated by swine streptococcus infections. Photo: HT


By eating undercooked meat or inadvertently during processing

If you eat undercooked pork, (or blood pudding) or at the meat that is easily scratched limbs infected. Meanwhile, patients with meningitis may or septicemia.

Nguyen Van Huong Pho Yen district, Thai Nguyen province after two days eat more soup and pork, as he scratched, was hospitalized due to fever.

Along with influences, there are three other children from Hanoi, Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen also infected swine streptococcus bacteria.

"When the blue ear pig disease, the immune system to weaken it, this is a chance for streptococcus swine bacterial attack. This bacterium is the scientific name Streptococcus suis. The bacteria can infect humans "- Master, Doctor Nguyen Huyen Nguyen, Khoa general infections, tropical diseases Central Hospital (formerly: Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Country) said.

According to Master, Doctor Nguyen Trung Grant, vice dean active treatment, Tropical Disease Hospital Central is: if you eat undercooked pork, (or blood pudding) or at the meat that limb was scratches are easily infected. Meanwhile, patients with meningitis may or septicemia.

Initial symptoms are fever, headache, nausea, disturbances of consciousness, coma, or multiple organ injury. If not detected and treated early, can leave sequelae, difficult to treat or be fatal.

No evidence of spread from person to person

Talking to Online Correspondent Pioneer this afternoon, 29-4, Intermediate Doctor Nguyen, Hospital for Tropical Diseases Central asserted without evidence of swine streptococcus bacteria spread from person to person.

Doctors also recommend everyone to level prevention and disease by eating cooked food, when to buy pork of unknown origin, marked quarantine, slaughter pigs who need a mask, gloves carefully.

Article is worrisome, according to records of PV Pioneer status Online selling pork not quarantined or unknown origin in many markets are still held temporarily popular in Hanoi. No one can guarantee this is the piece of pork was not clean and "green ear".

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