The weather is getting hotter and it's about to enter May
All kinds of boiled seafood
It also slowly appeared in food stalls and markets
Many people are also ready to eat with their bellies open
But when handling seafood, you must be careful
On April 15, his two-year-old son followed his grandmother to the vegetable market when he came into contact with fish and contracted Vibrio vulnificus, and spent 80,000 yuan in hospital for five days.
According to the child's father, "his grandmother took him to the market to buy vegetables, and when the child saw the fish, she asked her grandmother to buy it for him.
The child is still in the intensive care unit and is facing amputation of his right foot, and the hospital is still trying its best to treat him. Mr. Chen said that he felt guilty for not taking good care of the child.
Netizen comments: I hope the child recovers soon
In this regard, many netizens expressed their hope that the child will recover as soon as possible.
The wind blows through the blue sky: I hope that the child can be safe and recover soon, and for such a young child, I hope that there will be no amputation.
Wendao Workshop: I hope to keep my feet, the child is too young.
Mannie LJP: I hope the baby is safe and saves his leg, he still has a long way to go in life.
Some people also speculate that the child may have been pricked in the calf when carrying the bag.
Illustration: It is possible that the child is carrying a fish, and the fin is pierced into the baby's calf and causes infection, and the bagged fins sometimes pierce the bag and are exposed. Hope baby recovers soon!
A dogwood parasidy: It was pricked, my relatives were also carrying fish, and they were pricked by the tail of the fish, and they were swollen for a long time.
Some people say that they have had a similar experience and must be careful when handling seafood and fish.
Sister Ting's thief 6: I just ate crayfish and was pricked, so I saw this and was scared.
Lanzi 003: Be careful with seafood, I was pricked by the shrimp I often eat, and my hand was swollen all afternoon.
Big dog Matsumatsu loves peaches: There was an uncle who handled shrimp before, was pricked, and then his hand was amputated.
My Yang Maomao: You should also pay attention to the handling of fish, my husband's uncle bought a sea fish the year before last and had a thorn when he was dealing with it, and he stayed in the hospital for more than a week, and his fingers and arms were swollen.
It has been common before, so be careful when handling seafood such as shrimp, crab and shellfish
Someone lost a finger to a tilapia
In July 2023, a man in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, lost a finger because of a tilapia. It turned out that the man had accidentally been stabbed in the finger by a tilapia bone, and he did not seek medical attention until he felt unwell, and it had been more than 40 hours since he was injured! The doctor found that the man's middle finger was black, the joint position of the palm was swollen, and the whole hand was red and swollen. More dangerously, the man also developed septic shock.
In order to save the man's life, the doctor had to amputate the necrotic finger.
After examination, the doctor confirmed that the man was infected with Vibrio vulnificus.
On 20 April 2024, the Macao Health Bureau received a report of 1 case of Vibrio vulnificus infection.
It is reported that the patient is a 62-year-old male who is a Macao resident with a history of alcoholic cirrhosis. On April 15, due to fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea for half a day, he went to the emergency department of Conde de São Januário General Hospital for medical treatment and was hospitalized for treatment, and there was no obvious wound in the physical examination, and on the 16th, his condition deteriorated, and he showed symptoms of shock, and then transferred to the intensive care unit for further treatment, blood culture showed Vibrio vulnificus, and his condition deteriorated and died on the 17th, and he was diagnosed with Vibrio vulnificus and septic shock.
The patient's family members who live with no similar symptoms had handled and consumed seafood at home before the onset of illness, and the family members said that they could not determine whether the seafood was fully cooked.
How dangerous is Vibrio vulnificus?
According to the First Hospital of Zhejiang University: "Vibrio vulnificus is also called marine Vibrio, it is one of the three major vibrio bacteria of human infectious diseases along with Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio enteritidis, this bacterium is relatively rare but very dangerous, such as marine fish, shrimp, crabs, shellfish, sea urchins and other marine organisms may carry, because the toxicity is too strong, it is also known as the 'silent killer in the ocean'." Chief physician Lu Yuanqiang, director of the emergency department of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University, said.
If infected by this bacteria, the bacteria will spread rapidly in the human body, and 50%~70% of patients can develop skin muscle necrosis and sepsis within one to two days, which will cause multiple organ failure. Many patients will have amputations because of this, and the mortality rate of shock patients is as high as 50%~75%.
Although relatively rare, some of the infected people have been stabbed by marine fish and shrimp, and some have eaten raw pickled crabs.
Experts said that although this bacterium is dangerous, it can actually be prevented, first of all, wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling fish, shrimp and crabs and other seafood, and secondly, once accidentally pricked, rinse with water as soon as possible, squeeze out the blood in the wound, and wait for the hands to dry up with iodophor regular smear and disinfect, you can use some antibiotic ointment externally. Observe for a period of time, and if the wound is obviously swollen, you should go to the hospital immediately. Tell the doctor that you have this experience of being pricked by fish, shrimp and crabs, so that it can be quickly located and disposed of.
Studies have shown that people with chronic diseases such as alcoholic cirrhosis, underlying liver disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, or alcoholism are at higher risk of infection, so these high-risk groups or people with weakened immunity are especially alarmed.
Source: News Morning Post, Time Video, First Hospital of Zhejiang University,
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