The man appeared after wading through the water on a rainy day
Symptoms such as fever, headache, calf pain, etc
Admitted to the ICU due to critical condition!
Doctors test up to show leptoplasmosis
▲Wu Peng, deputy chief physician of the emergency department of Haikou People's Hospital, is doing rounds. Photo by reporter Wang Hongxu
A man in his forties waded into the sewage
Diagnosis of leptoplasmosis
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A man in his 40s in Chengmai County, Hainan Province
Appears after working in the field
Symptoms such as fever, headache, calf pain, etc
Wu Peng, deputy chief physician of the emergency department of Haikou People's Hospital, said that the patient had a fever for a day when he sought medical treatment, and there was no obvious wound on his leg, but he had diabetes and low resistance.
After receiving the consultation, the doctor judged that he suspected that he was suffering from leptospirosis, and gave corresponding antibiotic treatment at that time, and then the body temperature slowly dropped, and the diagnosis of leptospirosis was confirmed after examination.
According to doctors, leptospirosis, or leptospirosis, is an acute zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic leptospiros, which mammals are the main reservoir.
"If left untreated, it can lead to damage to the organs in a short period of time. The doctor said that leptoplasmosis is divided into mild and severe cases, mainly depending on whether the organs are involved when seeking medical attention, and if the organs are involved in a relatively severe case, the risk of death is relatively high.
There are also people who wade through sewage after the rain
Admitted to the ICU
Doctor's introduction
In July last year
He once treated a man in Haikou in his 50s
The road is flooded after a rainstorm
He had a wound on his foot
Appears after wading through sewage
Symptoms such as fever, calf pain, headache, etc
At first, I thought it was an ordinary fever, but it did not improve after taking medicine, and the fever did not go away from 40 degrees, and I went to the hospital on the third day, and was admitted to the emergency ICU because of my critical condition.
After receiving the consultation, the doctor found that the conjunctiva of his eye was hyperemic, the symptoms were suspected to be leptospirosis, and there was a history of contact with sewage, so he did blood culture and blood gene sequencing for the patient, and finally found out the real "murderer" - "leptospira" infection, and was diagnosed as leptospirosis.
After identifying the cause, the doctor gave symptomatic treatment to the patient, and he was admitted to the emergency ICU for 3 days and transferred to a general ward.
The doctor said that leptoplasmosis is organ failure in the end, and the risk of death is still relatively high, but if you seek medical attention in time, most antibiotics are effective for the treatment of leptoplasmosis, and the treatment effect of mild cases is generally better.
Keep these typical symptoms in mind:
Fever, headache, calf pain
What is leptoplasmosis?
Doctors said that leptoplasmosis is an acute infectious disease caused by leptospira infection, with typical symptoms such as high fever, headache, conjunctival hyperemia, calf pain, fatigue, etc., and severe leptoplasmosis is characterized by jaundice, renal insufficiency and bleeding tendency, often known as Weil syndrome. Regardless of jaundice, severe pulmonary hemorrhage is increasingly considered to be an important manifestation of severe leptoplasmosis, and the incidence is rare, but the mortality rate is as high as 50%~70%.
Leptospira is mostly parasitic on rats, pigs, dogs and other animals, and can contaminate human water sources through animal feces, and when people's immunity is low or their skin is damaged, they are easily infected when they come into contact with sewage.
Generally speaking
Be careful when the road is flooded after heavy rain
If there is a wound on the foot or leg
Try to avoid wading in stagnant water
Be careful when working in the fields
Because leptospira is also easy
Hidden in stagnant water contaminated with animal feces
Source: China Anti-Cult, People's Daily Science Popularization, Liaoning Evening News, New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net, Nanguo Metropolis Daily
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