Nghe An: 23 people in one village have a strange disease

Once a healthy man, however, in the past 5 years, Mr. Luong Van Hai, born in 1972, in Huoi Pun village, My Ly commune, Ky Son, has become emaciated and weak. Mr. Hai said: In 2013, during a bout of illness, he coughed up a lot of blood, since then his health has been weak, his body has become emaciated. However, due to difficult economic conditions, his family has not been able to take him to any medical facility for examination and treatment.

Mr. Luong Van Hai, one of the first people to show symptoms of the disease in Huoi Pun village. Photo: Lu Phu

According to Mr. Luong Van Quang, born in 1977, living in the same village, he also had many of the same symptoms as Mr. Hai; every time he was sick, he was very weak and often coughed up blood.

Mr. Moong Chan Phenh, born in 1953, from the same Huoi Pun village, also had a similar condition. In 2016, due to constant illness, he went to Ky Son District General Hospital, now Ky Son Medical Center, for treatment. There, he was informed by the hospital staff that he was suspected of having tuberculosis and asked to be treated at the hospital. However, because he did not have enough money to continue treatment, he asked to go home to take herbal medicine. However, his illness has not improved yet.

Mr. Phenh added: In the house, besides him, there is also a son named Moong Van E, currently a 9th grade student at My Ly Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, who also has many of the same symptoms as him, such as frequently vomiting blood.

List of people with strange symptoms in Huoi Pun village. Photo: Lu Phu

According to the statistical list of the Huoi Pun village management board, there are currently 23 people in the village with many similar symptoms, such as frequent coughing, vomiting blood, constant illness, and weight loss.

According to the village chief and medical practitioner of Huoi Pun village, Mr. Moong Van Dung, after seeing Mr. Phenh, who had been examined and the district hospital said it was pulmonary tuberculosis, everyone in the village thought it was tuberculosis, so they went into the forest to get plants to boil water to drink, but no one got better yet. The villagers were very worried, afraid that if left for a long time, more and more people would suffer from the above symptoms.

Ky Son District Medical Center organizes medical examinations for people. Photo: Lu Phu

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Luong Van Son - Deputy Director of Ky Son District Medical Center, said: After hearing the information reported by the commune health station, we established a working group, sent staff with expertise in tuberculosis, along with equipment to check and verify, however, through 40 sputum samples of 20 people suspected of having tuberculosis in Huoi Pun village, all were negative for this disease. Thereby, we also mobilized these people to go to the district health center for more detailed imaging and testing to find the cause, however, currently no people have come to be tested.

When asked about the above information, Dr. Dau Minh Quang - Director of Nghe An Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Hospital, said that in the field of early detection of tuberculosis, Ky Son District Medical Center is a unit with experienced testing staff and does a good job of preventing tuberculosis. However, to determine whether the above patients have tuberculosis or not, it is necessary to examine and do more in-depth tests. To resolve the above situation, Dr. Dau Minh Quang suggested that Ky Son District Medical Center organize a working group to Huoi Pun village to examine, examine and select 10 patients with clear symptoms of the disease, organize examination at the District Medical Center with financial and professional support from the Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Hospital. Another option was also proposed by Dr. Quang, which is that the Commune Health Station selects about 10 patients with typical symptoms, takes them to the Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Hospital for examination and finding the cause of the disease to ensure the health of the people.

Lu Phu - Ha Chi