On May 22.5, Dr. Le Quoc Hung, Head of the Department of Tropical Diseases, Cho Ray Hospital, said that currently 3 botulinum poisoning patients are on ventilators, their muscle strength is only 0,5 - 1,5, ie paralyzed. completely. While before, only 2 patients had to be mechanically ventilated and the remaining patient's muscle strength was at 3/5 - 4/5.
According to Dr. Hung, in case there is an antidote to BAT, when the patient falls into weakness, this is an effective time for the drug to take effect. The drug will have an antitoxin effect, neutralize the poison, causing the disease to stop progressing.
“For example, the body consumes 10 parts of poison, when 2-3 parts of poison start to attack the body, then taking medicine helps to neutralize and block the remaining 7-8 parts. Without medicine, there will be nothing to prevent, continuing to attack makes the disease worse and worse. Toxins will attack the nervous system, the muscles cannot control, leading to paralysis, "Dr. Hung analyzed.
Doctor Hung examines a patient with botulinum poisoning
Previously, on May 20.5, information from Cho Ray Hospital said that this unit and Gia Dinh People's Hospital, Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HCMC) had a consultation and discovered 3 more suspected cases of botulinum poisoning. All 3 patients are in Thu Duc City (HCMC), including 2 siblings aged 18 and 26 years old, the other is a 45-year-old male.
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Exploring the medical history, before that the two brothers ate banh mi, the man ate fish sauce for a long time. Test results from Gia Dinh People's Hospital showed that the patient had botulinum poisoning from food. However, now that the antidote to BAT has been exhausted, the treatment option for 2 patients is currently mainly supportive including feeding and mechanical ventilation.
