Fatal skin disease returns to central Vietnam
A fatal skin disease has returned to the central province of Quang Ngai , after spending 11 months under control.
A fatal skin disease has returned to the central province of Quang Ngai , after spending 11 months under control.
The health centre of Ba To district, Quang Ngai province has confirmed it received a patient displaying symptoms of the mysterious disease, including dermatitis and a thick horny layer of skin spreading across hands and feet.
The 37 years-old, named as Pham Van Troi, was sent to the health centre on March 19 with blisters on his hands and feet and an increased liver enzyme level, said the head of the centre, Dang Thi Phuong.
Troi hails from Ba Dien Commune, Ba To district. He was one of four members of his family to contract this deadly disease in 2012, with one of them dying.
The disease has killed 24 out of 240 people infected with it since it first appeared in 2011.
Local and foreign experts, including those from the World Health Organisation, have yet to find the cause of the syndrome that – which has been mostly recorded in Ba To District - or come up with an effective treatment method.-VNA
The health centre of Ba To district, Quang Ngai province has confirmed it received a patient displaying symptoms of the mysterious disease, including dermatitis and a thick horny layer of skin spreading across hands and feet.
The 37 years-old, named as Pham Van Troi, was sent to the health centre on March 19 with blisters on his hands and feet and an increased liver enzyme level, said the head of the centre, Dang Thi Phuong.
Troi hails from Ba Dien Commune, Ba To district. He was one of four members of his family to contract this deadly disease in 2012, with one of them dying.
The disease has killed 24 out of 240 people infected with it since it first appeared in 2011.
Local and foreign experts, including those from the World Health Organisation, have yet to find the cause of the syndrome that – which has been mostly recorded in Ba To District - or come up with an effective treatment method.-VNA
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