Ho Chi Minh City After receiving antidote from doctors, two out of three children infected with botulinum from eating street-sold ham are still on ventilators, the remaining child is improving well.
On the afternoon of May 19, a representative of Children's Hospital 2 said that after receiving intravenous infusion of BAT antitoxin serum, the 10-year-old patient regained consciousness, had stable vital signs, and improved muscle strength, and was transferred to the Internal Medicine Department. However, the patient later developed progressive respiratory failure and was intubated and transferred back to the Intensive Care Department yesterday.
"Currently, the child's limb muscle strength has not improved, low ventilator parameters, feeding through a nasogastric tube, conscious, still drooping eyelids, brain MRI shows no abnormalities," the doctor said.
The 13-year-old patient is still on low-parameter ventilator, can recognize and follow medical orders, responds to pain stimuli, and has improved limb muscle strength.
The oldest brother in the family, 14 years old, has the best progress, does not need a ventilator, and has been transferred to the Internal Medicine Department. However, he still has difficulty swallowing and must be fed through a gastric tube.
Botulinum antitoxin was given to three babies. Photo: Hospital provided
On May 13, three brothers aged 10-14, along with their aunt, developed unusual symptoms after eating pork roll purchased from an unknown seller. Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital and Children's Hospital 2 determined that the three children had botulinum poisoning.
Vietnam has only two vials of botulinum antitoxin left, which are being kept by the Quang Nam Northern Mountainous Region General Hospital after treating patients who ate pickled fish in March. Doctors quickly dispatched the antitoxin to Ho Chi Minh City.
Early morning of May 16, the medicine was transferred to Nhi Dong 2 and injected into three babies.
Botulinum is a very strong neurotoxin, produced by anaerobic bacteria - bacteria that prefer closed environments such as canned food, or food environments that do not meet the standards to inhibit bacterial growth.
Symptoms of poisoning include abdominal pain, muscle pain, fatigue, blurred or double vision, dry mouth, difficulty speaking, difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids, and general muscle weakness. Finally, the patient has difficulty breathing or cannot breathe due to paralysis of the respiratory muscles. These signs appear slowly or quickly depending on the amount of botulinum ingested.
Experts recommend that people should eat cooked food and drink boiled water, choose food with clear origin, quality and safety. Be careful with sealed food that has changed taste or color, canned food that is swollen or leaking.
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