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Dr. Suphat warns against an outbreak of oysters for more than 2 months, found 233 farmers in the Chana district with body rashes on the body.
Dra. Supatra Hasuankit, Director of Hospital Chana He revealed that almost 2 months ago Farmers from 7 sub-districts of the Chana district were admitted to the Jana hospital. With the same symptoms are This is an itchy skin rash on the body of up to 233 people, especially on the arms and legs. What is the part that is in direct contact with the water in the field? And more numbers are expected But the symptoms may not be serious Or wait for it to go away on its own That’s why you didn’t come to see a doctor What problems were found for the first time And there have been many patients in the last 20 years.
With an itchy skin rash From collaboration with the Office of Occupational Diseases Ministry of Public Health Including the South Institute of Dermatology, Trang Province and doctors from Hat Yai Hospital and Prince of Songkla Hospital (PSU) jointly investigate the disease and they find the cause, including from the medical history, physical examination, and mapping of outbreaks. Including sampling of water and shellfish in the field for examination.
And 4 patients were willing to perform a skin biopsy or cut the skin tissue for examination under a microscope. It comes from the larvae of the blood parasite found in stinging shellfish. Which are small clams that live in rice paddies Or can be named for short the mollusk disease, since the results of the examination found 3 larvae out of 4 people sent and analyzed in the water which was also detected. As for the other two types of mollusks in rice fields, sherry and nautilus, the larvae of the parasite have not yet been found.
Dra. Supatra Hasuankit, Director of Hospital Chana
As for the itching. Or eruptions caused by parasitic larvae that penetrate the skin of the patient. But this parasite is a blood parasite that grows only in animals (Animal Schistome) and cannot become adults in humans. When Chun Chai enters the human body, the parasite will die after a period of time on the skin.
And spreading it on the skin causes rashes and itching. This is caused by the reaction of the immune response in the body, most patients were found to improve after 1 to 2 weeks, and the use of general steroid topical medications can help patients to recover quickly. top What can be purchased at a general pharmacy controlled by a pharmacist.
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