Septic shock, multiple organ failure after slaughtering and eating sick pig

According to doctors at the Intensive Care Unit of the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the male patient (62 years old, from Lai Chau) had a history of good health. After preparing and eating sick pork a week earlier, the patient had a high fever, chills, fatigue, and loose stools several times a day. The family did not take the patient to the hospital but treated him at home.

Symptoms of rash appear on the patient's body

Two days later, the patient had black stools with a hemorrhagic rash all over his body and was admitted to Lai Chau General Hospital. The patient was diagnosed with septic shock, multiple organ failure, and was monitored for streptococcus suis. The patient had generalized convulsions and was intubated, put on a ventilator, and maintained on vasopressors...

After one day of treatment, the patient's condition did not improve, so he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit, Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The patient was diagnosed with Septic Shock - Sepsis - Meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis (swine streptococcus).

Currently, the patient is still in critical condition, multiple organ failure (acute kidney failure, liver failure), sedated, and on a ventilator.

According to doctors, the bacteria that cause swine streptococcus will be completely destroyed when food is thoroughly cooked. To prevent swine streptococcus, people should not eat raw blood pudding and uncooked pork products; do not buy, sell, transport, or slaughter sick or dead pigs or unsanitary pork products; do not use pork that is unusually red, bleeding, or swollen. People should practice good personal hygiene when coming into contact with pigs or processing pork. When showing signs of illness, they should immediately go to a medical facility for timely examination and treatment.

According to Tin Tuc Newspaper