< h1 toutiao-origin="h1" > cleaning marine fish accidentally infected with Vibrio vulnificus Elderly people were amputated</h1>
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2021-09-08 08:59
There is an old man in Nanning who has symptoms of redness, swelling and pain in his palms after washing the sea fish at home, and even has signs of shock when he is sent to the hospital, and finally, the doctor performed amputation surgery to save the old man's life. So, how can simply cleaning marine fish be life-threatening?
It is understood that when the old man was cleaning the sea fish, there was a rupture of the skin in the position of the left hand tiger's mouth. On the afternoon of the same day as he washed the fish, the palm of his left hand began to appear painful and accompanied by symptoms of redness and swelling. At night, the old man also developed a high fever, and the swelling and pain spread to the entire left upper arm. The family rushed the elderly to the hospital for treatment, and then transferred to the orthopedic department for local tissue incision and decompression. However, after treatment, the condition of the elderly has not been alleviated, and even shock has begun to appear. Subsequently, the elderly was urgently transferred to the Department of Critical Care Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University.
The condition of the elderly is very critical, and the development of necrotizing fasciitis of the left upper extremities begins, as well as infectious shock and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. In order to save the life of the elderly, the doctor proposed to perform amputation, when the elderly and their families did not realize the severity of the disease and did not want to amputate.
After the operation was completed, a specimen examination confirmed that the old man was indeed infected with Vibrio vulnificus. Under the careful treatment of medical staff, the old man's condition gradually improved, and he was finally discharged from the hospital. With the consent of the family, amputated specimens of the elderly were kept in the Life Sciences Hall of Guangxi Medical University for medical research.
Vibrio vulnificus is known as the "silent killer of the ocean", the fatality rate is extremely high, 50% to 70% of patients die of septic shock and multi-organ failure within 48 hours, and May to October of each year is the high incidence of Vibrio vulnificus infection. Doctors recommend that high-risk people should avoid eating raw seafood in the summer, keep damaged skin or bare wounds away from seawater, and wear gloves when handling seafood. Patients who develop infections, fevers, hypotension, and other symptoms due to exposure to seawater, seafood, or stabbed limbs by shellfish or fins should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible. Usually, if the public is stabbed by fish or shellfish, they should immediately wash and disinfect the wound with clean water, and if the wound appears abnormal, they need to seek medical treatment immediately.
(Source: Nanningtai Editor: Tao Yiyi)