Recently, 108 Military Central Hospital ( Hanoi ) received an emergency case in a state of slow contact, nausea, vomiting, and complete deafness.
Information from the patient said that after two days of eating pig intestines and blood pudding, the above symptoms occurred. After a period of active treatment, by the end of July, the patient was stable, however, hearing needed longer to recover.
After eating blood pudding, the man felt nauseous and completely deaf. (Illustration photo).
According to doctors, the disease often has symptoms such as high fever with chills; headache, dizziness; nausea and vomiting; muscle aches... In addition, meningeal signs: muscle stiffness (especially stiffness in the neck), impaired consciousness (delirium, drowsiness), agitation, even coma, and tremors of the extremities are also mentioned by doctors.
Among them, meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis is a very dangerous disease with many serious complications, even death. Hearing loss is a typical and common complication, affecting the daily life of the patient.
Dr. Nguyen Dang Manh, Director of the Institute of Infectious Diseases, Hospital 108, shared that Streptococcus suis (swine streptococcus) can be transmitted from pigs to humans and can be found in cattle, dogs, cats, birds...
In addition, doctors recommend that people pay attention to disease prevention measures such as preventing pig diseases, vaccinating pigs according to the correct procedure, choosing to buy pork that has been inspected by veterinary agencies, has a clear origin, avoid buying pork with unusual red color, bleeding or edema; do not slaughter or eat sick or unknown origin pork, eat cooked food and drink boiled water, do not eat dead pigs, do not eat rare dishes, especially pig blood pudding during the epidemic.
Thu Phuong
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