Hanoi recorded the first case of dangerous meningococcal encephalitis

Along with some provinces and cities, Hanoi recorded the first case of meningococcal encephalitis in the area in 2016.

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Meningococcal encephalitis - dangerous disease

On March 3, Dr. Nguyen Trung Cap, Department of Emergency Medicine (Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases) said that the department received cases of 30-year-old patients (Thuy Phuong, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi) suspected of meningitis and test results confirmed patients with dangerous meningococcal brain.

Previously, on 27/2, this patient had fever, headache, vomiting and nausea . After 2 days of fever, the patient had more drowsiness, coma should be brought to Da Da Hospital by the family. Dong Anh faculty. Here the patient was diagnosed with meningitis and then transferred to the Central Tropical Hospital.

According to BS, current provincial patients but the symptoms of meningitis are very clear with manifestations of vomiting and headache. Although the patient's body does not appear typical of meningitis, the results of cerebrospinal fluid culture confirmed that patients with meningococcal disease.

Thus, this is the first case of meningococcal in the year that the hospital receives and is also the first case recorded in Hanoi. Previously, in 2015 the hospital received 5-6 cases of meningitis to treat.

Shortly thereafter, the hospital informed Dong Anh General Hospital, Hanoi Preventive Medical Center to delineate units, supervise close contacts of patients, use preventive medicine. In Tropical Hospital, patients also receive isolation treatment, risk of spreading to other patients.

A case of meningococcal meningitis was treated at the Central Tropical Hospital.(Photo: SKĐS).

Patients can die within 24 hours

Information from the Department of Preventive Medicine - Ministry of Health said that in 2015 and the first months of 2016, there were cases of meningococcal inflammation in some provinces, Ho Chi Minh City and Son La. Hoa Binh, Gia Lai, Nam Dinh, Lang Son, Hai Duong, Hanoi ., in which there were deaths.

According to BS Level, meningococcus is an acute infectious disease , can lead to death or leave many serious, special sequelaes that can spread through the respiratory tract so the disease is always warned of danger . Especially with septicemia, meningitis can cause at least a high level of morbidity, death of the patient within 24 hours of the onset of the disease, so that the doctor may not be able to diagnose the disease yet, before he can treat the disease, the patient has died. death.

The bacteria that cause brain tissue reside in the oropharynx area . When in contact, talk about bacteria that can follow the spilled saliva that spreads to people around. Therefore, most people who are in close contact with patients have to take preventive medicine.

In order to prevent encephalitis, meningitis caused by meningococcus, avoid spreading in the community, the Department of Preventive Medicine, the Ministry of Health strongly recommends that people implement some of the following measures well:

• Good personal hygiene: regular hand washing with soap, mouth rinses, and throat with regular nasal antiseptic solutions.
• Good hygiene for living places, well-ventilated places and working places.
• Actively vaccinate children for vaccination, vaccines are given at service vaccination facilities.
• When there is a high fever, headache, nausea and vomiting, stiff neck, it is necessary to go immediately to the medical facility for prompt examination and treatment.