A woman suffered septic shock and respiratory failure after eating pig intestines.

SGGP 08/04/2023 06:10

On August 3, the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases said that the hospital's doctors had just treated a female patient (59 years old, in Hanoi) who suffered septic shock after eating pig intestines.

Before being hospitalized, this patient and his family ate pig intestines. One day after eating pig intestines, the patient developed a high fever, continuous chills, continuous loose stools, vomiting food, dull headache, and body aches.

On the second day, the patient developed a purple-black patch on his face, so his family took him to a nearby medical facility in a lethargic state, with low blood pressure, purple skin lesions all over his body, severe metabolic acidosis, and blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures detected S. suis (streptococcus suis).

Immediately afterwards, the female patient was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit, Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, requiring oxygen therapy and was diagnosed with septic shock, respiratory failure, and sepsis with meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/mot-phu-nu-bi-soc-nhiem-khuan-suy-ho-hap-sau-khi-an-long-heo-post700195.html