Eating more armpit-pig soup, necrosis occurs throughout the body

According to information from the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases, at the evening of January 5, the hospital has just received a male patient in Lai Chau with pig streptococcus in a state of high fever, exhausted, skin rash appears on the skin.

Patient named NHT, male, 35 years old in Lai Chau city. The patient is receiving intensive treatment in the Emergency Department.

Treatment for patients with swine streptococcus at Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases.(Photo: TTXVN / Vietnam +).

The patient's family members said that the patient had previously bought a pig with armpit from the villagers to sell to the festival of friends.

After that, the patient directly slaughtered and processed, as a petition to invite about 20 people to eat.

After eating for 5 days, patients develop high fever, exhausted, necrotic rashes on the skin . The patient T. was admitted to Lai Chau General Hospital in a state of shock, received emergency treatment and transferred to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

Currently the patient is awake, there is still a state of shock, with necrosis in the whole body, in which the necrotic boards are concentrated in the face and limbs. In addition, patients also have congestion necrosis of the fingers and toes, severe coagulopathy.

Every year, the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases receives about 100 patients with severe streptococcal streptococcus infection , patients scattered throughout the provinces. Most of these cases are related to eating broth or participating in slaughtering pigs.

The Lunar New Year is coming, this is also an occasion where people have a habit of slaughtering pigs and eating this occasion. Doctors warn that people should not eat pig soup, because this is a potential food risk .