Two women died after eating seafood, revealing the cause of everyone's stupidity

According to Quanzhou Evening News (Fujian, China), there was a 50-year-old woman with swelling in the lower limbs and a fever, which was brought to Quanzhou City's No. 1 Hospital for treatment, no suspected of deteriorating after only 10 hours of hospitalization, the woman eventually died of multiple organ failure. It is known that this woman's family has a living seafood business. After the incident for 1 month, the hospital received a similar case. Also a female patient, severely infected with both lower limbs, also died of multiple organ failure after 8 hours of hospitalization.

According to the family's explanation, the doctor was told that, before the outbreak, two patients had eaten seafood, which was a sea snail. Through blood tests of two patients, the diagnosis was accurate for them with Vibrio vulnificus infection with a very high mortality rate. Due to the rapid and dangerous illness, doctors cannot keep both of their lives alive.

Dr. Lam Thien Lai, deputy head of Quanzhou First Hospital's Special Care Department, said that Vibrio vulnificus is actually a bacteria living in the sea, called the "silent killer in the ocean". They are often parasitic in seafood such as shrimp, snails, sea fish, . This is a type of bacteria that live freely in the coastal environment and is suitable to grow in saltwater at a temperature of 20 degrees C, bacteria often appear more often between May and October. After infection and disease develop rapidly, most patients will die from multiple organ failure within 48 hours.

Expert warns of the manifestation of seafood poisoning

Common manifestations of seafood poisoning are: skin rash, hot skin, swollen limbs, drooping eyelids.

Some people have a runny nose, sneezing continuously, itching all over the body. Or may have allergic rhinitis, bronchitis in asthma, laryngeal edema which makes it difficult to breathe.

In some cases, like poisoning other foods: can cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea.

Seafood poisoning can also be very severe in some subjects, causing anaphylaxis, cardiac arrest, apnea, and rapid death.