The girl was bitten by a scorpion while sleeping

After more than 5 days of emergency at the provincial hospital, the 4-year-old niece of the Cham ethnic group was bitten by a scorpion, so the family took her home and died.

Talking to the reporter of the CAND Newspaper by phone this afternoon, May 22, Mr. So Minh Chien, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Phuoc Tan commune, Son Hoa district (Phu Yen) said that 5 days after being bitten by a scorpion snake, So Thi’s granddaughter So Thi Nhu N, the Cham ethnic group (SN 2018, residing in Ma Y village, Phuoc Tan commune) died on the morning of May 22.

According to the victim’s family, earlier at about 00:5 am on May 16, while N was sleeping, he suddenly had a convulsion and vomited. The mother got up to check and found a scorpion snake on the baby’s body, so she called for the whole family to rescue.

Right in the night, N was taken to the Health Center of Son Hoa district, but due to his critical health, he had to be transferred to the Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Phu Yen province in a state of deep coma, cardiac arrest, and apnea. .

Doctor Pham Van Minh, Director of the Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Phu Yen Province, said that right after receiving the patient at 2:30 am on May 16, the emergency room doctors and nurses conducted the patient to breathe. machine. However, this medical facility does not have anti-scorpion antivenom, so we have to contact a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, still not available. Due to the worsening of his condition, after 5 days of emergency at the hospital, the family brought N home on the night of May 21, at dawn on May 22, the victim died.

The krait snake (scientific name Bungarus candidus) is an extremely poisonous species, the death rate from snakebites can be up to 75% if not treated promptly. Scorpion venom contains post-synaptic toxins and especially pre-synaptic toxins, causing prolonged flaccid paralysis. Scorpion venom in Vietnam may contain a natriuretic peptide toxin that increases renal sodium excretion, leading to hyponatremia. Most cases of scorpion bites will have muscle paralysis leading to respiratory failure and death if not promptly taken to the nearest medical facility for active emergency with resuscitation, mechanical ventilation and injection measures. scorpion antivenom serum.