The pain called 'poison ivy'

Lesson 2: Change your perception, improve your life

To prevent and combat poison ivy, all levels, sectors and authorities have actively taken action. However, the fact that poisoning is still quite common shows that previous solutions have not been effective... Preventing and combating poison ivy is not simply a matter of removing and eliminating poison ivy, but rather a matter of changing awareness and thinking.

Just solved the "tip"

In the border commune of Tri Le (Que Phong), Captain Le Anh Duc, a military doctor at Tri Le Border Post, is the one who discovered an effective remedy against poison ivy poisoning, saving many people from the "mouth of death". Captain Le Anh Duc said: "Before coming to Tri Le Border Post, I had worked in Nam Can and Keng Du communes (Ky Son). Before that, I did not pay attention to poison ivy poisoning because there were not many cases, only sporadic. Coming to Tri Le in 2013, I was in charge of the combined military-civilian clinic, and I was haunted by the poison ivy poisoning here. Many people committed suicide by poison ivy. Deaths by poison ivy are very painful and heartbreaking for both the deceased and the survivors. What is more troubling is that those who committed suicide by poison ivy were all very young, even only 11-12 years old".

From that torment, military doctor Le Anh Duc devoted himself to searching, learning, and researching an emergency medicine for poison ivy poisoning from folk experience, applying it to treat victims. The first victim of poison ivy poisoning that he successfully treated with the medicine was Mr. Lo Van X (born in 1997) in Yen Son village, Tri Le commune. At 2:00 p.m. on October 31, 1996, due to marital conflicts, Lo Van X ate poison ivy and committed suicide. At 5:30 p.m. the same day, X was discovered by his family and taken to the Tri Le Border Post's combined military-civilian clinic with many dangerous syndromes and symptoms that could lead to death at any time. Faced with the choice of life or death for the patient, Dr. Duc decided to use folk medicine to remove toxins in the stomach by natural methods, combined with injections of antibiotics, heart stimulants, and stimulants... After 4 times of taking medicine and inducing vomiting, patient X had less difficulty breathing, less abdominal pain, less cyanosis, could recall the incident when asked, and his pulse and blood pressure gradually stabilized. By October 1, the patient was alert, had good communication, was less tired, walked and talked normally, and his family asked to take him home for continued care and monitoring.

With this folk remedy, military doctor Le Anh Duc has promptly treated over 20 people poisoned by aconite from 2016 to present. In 2018, Dr. Le Anh Duc's folk remedy was disseminated by the Nghe An Provincial Border Guard Command to border posts in the province. Many units have used this remedy to provide emergency care and successfully treat many people poisoned by aconite... Captain Le Anh Duc shared the limitations of the remedy: "For those who eat aconite after 6 hours and then go to the emergency room, the remedy is no longer effective, even if the medicine is placed in a steam bath to deliver the medicine. This remedy only partially solves the "tip" but not the "root" of the current aconite poisoning situation, just like the campaign to uproot and remove aconite plants for a long time. No medicine can cure people who deliberately seek death."

In fact, emergency treatment for patients with mild poisoning from aconite leaves that are detected early is not too difficult for medical facilities. The Medical Centers of Que Phong, Ky Son, and Tuong Duong districts have successfully treated patients many times. “Treating patients is not too difficult. But how to prevent people from eating aconite leaves is the problem. In Tuong Duong, in recent years, the situation of eating aconite leaves has tended to decrease, especially in the Mong ethnic minority area. This decrease is most likely related to the trend of people escaping, going to work far away, and having more contact, so awareness is raised. This is worth studying,” shared and suggested Dr. Vi Van Chien - Director of Tuong Duong Medical Center.