Eats crab face, thanks to the emergency aid of the new planes to escape death

The patient has passed a critical illness – Photo: T. LŨY

On the 11th and 5th, Dr. Pham Thanh Phong, deputy director of Can Tho Central General Hospital, said that the case of patients with severe poisoning due to a strange crab poisoning of the Medical Center (Military Health Center) Military Medical District With Dao moved into a critical crisis.

Previously, the emergency department at Can Tho Central General Hospital received a phone call from the Con Dao District Military Medical Center, announcing that a patient with a rare crab poisoning and a coma will be transferred.

The patient is flown in, scheduled to land at Can Tho Airport at 12 noon. Immediately the emergency team was prepared, the ambulance picked up the patient from the airport to the hospital.

The patient is Mr. Le Van Mua (34 years old, from Vinh Trinh commune, Vinh Thanh district, Can Tho city), who works in the Con Dao district. At the time of admission, the patient was in a state of respiratory depression, deep coma, tetraplegia, etc.

According to the relatives of the patients, after eating two strange crabs for about 10 minutes, Mr. Mua felt a numb tongue, numb hands and open legs; Dyspnea, actively vomited food, and was rushed to the Con Dao Military Medical Center.

Here the patients were in coma, intubed intubation, respiratory support, gastric lavage and reference notification for treatment.

In the Poison Intensive Care Unit at Can Tho Central General Hospital, patients are actively receiving emergency medical treatment under the anti-poison regimen. After the response, the patient begins to have a stimulating reflex, clears up, but still has respiratory depression and supports mechanical ventilation. On the morning of 11-5, the patient was awake and stopped breathing, the machine and motor limbs returned to normal.

Dr. Duong Thien Phuoc, head of the department of intensive care and poison control at Can Tho Central General Hospital, said that according to the image taken by the patient’s relative, the strange crab that the patient ate was often called the face of the Devil. (Scientific name of Zosimus aeneus), the characteristic of this crab is a vivid color, characterized by brown spots on a light background on the shell.

Demon face photos – Photo: CTV

In shell and crab meat, they both contain neurotoxins, including tetrodoxin and saxitoxin. Both substances are quickly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract in just 5-15 minutes. Just eating 0.5 grams of this crab meat can kill an adult.

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