Shrimp is a seafood that everyone likes to eat, contains a lot of protein, phosphorus, calcium and various other mineral elements, and the taste is particularly delicious.
It is only before cooking the shrimp that the shrimp needs to be cleaned up, and when washing the shrimp, many people will be stabbed by the shrimp and broken.
Generally, when this phenomenon occurs, most people do not carry out special treatment, but will just clean the wound.
But in recent years, there has been a lot of news about the need to amputate your leg after being stabbed by a shrimp to save your life. Below, let's take a closer look at it.
Why do you need to have your leg amputated to save your life?
In general, when cleaning shrimp or marine foods such as fish and crabs, once the finger is punctured, there will be no very serious problems.
However, if you are infected with a type of vibrio called Marine V. traumaticus after being punctured by a shrimp, if you do not clean and disinfect the wound as soon as possible, the infection will occur. If there is no early treatment after the infection, there will be obvious inflammation and deterioration of the wound site. Later in life, sepsis can lead to the development of sepsis, which then causes the patient to die.
Below, let's take a closer look at what is Vibrio marine vulnificus.
What is Vibrio marine vulnificus?
First, the definition of bacteria
Vibrio marine vulnificus is a bacterium that inhabits the ocean and is also known as a silent killer in the ocean. This bacterium can be stored in a variety of seafood, such as various marine fish, various shellfish, crabs, etc.
This bacterium belongs to the gram-negative Vibrio, which is generally from March to November every year, which is the best season for the growth and reproduction of this bacterium. The optimal temperature is below 37 degrees, which is a very toxic bacterium.
2. Route of infection
There are two types of infection pathways for Vibrio marine vulnificus, the first of which is to eat unprocessed or raw seafood, such as oysters. This bacterium will enter the human body, although it will not cause serious damage to the gastrointestinal tract, nor will it cause gastroenteritis, but it will cause very serious sepsis and cellulitis, and the mortality rate has reached more than 50%.
The second route of infection is through the appearance of broken limb skin, direct contact with seawater or seafood with Vibrio marine vulnificus, thereby causing infection.
This bacterium quickly enters the broken skin and then spreads, causing very severe fasciitis and myositis, which in turn can cause gangrene and sepsis.
3. Symptoms of infection
Once infected with Vibrio marinerhalis, the patient will have inflammatory phenomena such as redness and swelling of the skin wound in the early stage. In a short period of time, these inflammations become more and more pronounced, and the pain in the wound area is severe. And there will be some blisters and ulceration at the wound site. Subsequently, in 1 to 2 days, it will lead to muscle necrosis, which will cause necrotizing fasciitis.
If left untreated, sepsis can develop and cause the patient to die from multiple organ failures.
Fourth, susceptible people
People with alcoholic liver disease and other chronic liver diseases are susceptible to Marine V. vulnificus. In addition, people who have long-term diabetes, as well as rheumatoid arthritis, or chronic kidney failure, thalassemia, and lymphoma, are also susceptible to infection.
All in all, the reason why you need to amputate your limb to save your life after being stabbed by a shrimp is related to infection with Vibrio marine vulnificus, a bacterium that lives in the ocean and parasitizes various marine organisms. Infections are carried out by eating some uncooked seafood, as well as contact with broken wounds, and the susceptible population is people with liver disease and other chronic diseases.
Infection can lead to severe inflammation of the wound site, and if not treated early, it will develop into cellulitis, fasciitis or sepsis in the later stages, which seriously threatens the patient's life.
Therefore, in daily life, we must do a good job of preventing infection with this bacterium. If symptoms of infection occur, the first time to enter the hospital for treatment, in order to maximize the maintenance of health and life.