Recently, Nghe An Northwest Regional General Hospital received patient Nguyen Thi Oanh (27 years old) for emergency treatment in a state of itchy rash all over her body, difficulty breathing, and chest pain. The woman suffered from circulatory arrest for 15 minutes, but after emergency treatment, her pulse returned.
A woman in Nghe An suffered anaphylactic shock and died after eating roasted locusts. (Illustration photo).
These symptoms appeared just two hours after eating fried grasshoppers. From there, the doctor diagnosed the patient with anaphylactic shock, suspected to be caused by eating fried grasshoppers.
Despite being treated with endotracheal intubation, central venous catheter placement, mechanical ventilation and intravenous fluids, the patient did not recover. At 3:00 a.m. on August 15, the family had a poor prognosis so they asked to take the victim home, but he died a few hours later.
According to information, on the afternoon of August 14, Ms. Oanh's family organized a meal, including fried grasshoppers. Some other people also ate this dish but did not show symptoms.
Grasshoppers, also known as yellow worms, have green-yellow, yellow-green or shiny brown bodies. Their heads are triangular, their antennae are short and thin, their abdomens are wavy, and their hind legs are larger than their front legs. Young ones are 1-2 cm long, and adults are 3-4 cm long.
Locusts often appear after the winter-spring rice harvest, in abandoned gardens and fields. People in some areas often catch locusts to prepare dishes every season.
However, dishes made from insects such as bees, ant eggs, silkworm pupae, grasshoppers, crickets, termites, cicadas..., are considered by many people as specialties, but have caused many cases of poisoning, anaphylactic shock, and endangering lives.
To prevent the above cases, people should limit eating strange foods or insects. People with allergies who experience unusual symptoms after eating, such as fatigue, dizziness, nausea, rash, abdominal pain, digestive disorders, should go to the hospital immediately for timely treatment.
Le Trang
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