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Patient Nguyen Thi L. in Thai Nguyen (right), one of Patel Minh Chay’s poisoning cases, recently visited the Bach Mai Hospital Poison Control Center. Ms. L. also has difficulty breathing, difficulty speaking, difficulty swallowing … after eating Patê Minh Chay – Photo: L.ANH
These 10 boxes of drugs (valued at $ 8,000 / vial, similar to 2 bottles imported on August 29 from Thailand) were imported from Europe and still sponsored by the World Health Organization. Currently, about 10 people with severe botulinum poisoning have not used antidote, these drugs are imported to treat these patients.
On the same day, the Ministry of Health issued temporary instructions for the diagnosis and treatment of botulinum poisoning. According to this guideline, butulinum poisoning is common in people who eat food containing botulinum, the main condition is bilateral symmetric paralysis of the two sides extending downward, paralysis of all muscles to varying degrees while the patient is awake. .
The Ministry of Health also recommends that the most classic food that causes botulinum poisoning is canned meat, which is why this bacterium is also known as poisonous bacteria. However, the cases of poisoning in the world by vegetables, fruits and fish meat are not guaranteed and hermetically packaged (in boxes, cans, cans, bags, packages), together with the internal storage environment is not guaranteed. The spores turn into bacteria and produce exotoxins that cause poisoning.
The Health Ministry said that intoxicated people can start the disease 12-36 hours after eating, but fluctuate between 6 hours and 8 days after eating, with symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, bilateral symmetry. starting from the head – face, neck area, gradually spreading to the legs, drooping eyelashes, double vision, blurred vision, slurred speech, chest-abdomen paralysis, 2-leg paralysis, tendon reflexes often decrease or disappear but the patient is awake apple.
In the guidelines, the Ministry of Health establishes that a person with botulinum poisoning who must be ventilated will need ventilation for 2 months before moving to the weaning phase, and patients may need 100 days of treatment before entering the recovery phase . costume.
Botulinum food poisoning is a rare form of poisoning in Vietnam, the toxin-related poisoning in Minh Chay Paté is the largest to date, with a number of sick people of up to dozens of people, having more than 10 seriously ill people.
35 Minh Chay pate products transferred to Hanoi police for investigation
