Knowledge question and answer part three: prevention and control of Streptococcus suis

Q: can people be infected with Streptococcus suis? how to prevent it?

A: people can be infected with pathogenic Streptococcus suis. Streptococcus suis type 2 can cause meningitis, septicemia, endocarditis and even death in humans. From the perspective of the way people are infected with Streptococcus suis, a very cautionary fact is that all infected patients have contact with sick and dead pigs, and most patients have wounds on their hands or other parts. People who kill or wash pork are not infected with Streptococcus suis. This provides an important direction for us to prevent and cure Streptococcus suis scientifically. As long as we have proper prevention and control and effective measures, Streptococcus suis is not terrible. As long as "do not sell, do not slaughter, do not buy, do not eat sick and dead pigs", Streptococcus suis can be very effective in preventing the spread of human.

For ordinary residents, do not buy and process dead pigs and offal with Streptococcus suis. To buy pork, you should go to the regular market or supermarket to buy animal products that have been quarantined.

As a good family habit, knives and other utensils that have come into contact with fresh meat should be cleaned and sterilized every time after cutting raw pork and offal.

All patients who are directly infected with Streptococcus suis. If you have symptoms such as chills or fever, you should immediately go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. it is particularly important for patients to take the initiative to remind their doctors that they have recently received a history of contact with sick (dead) pigs or their products. This is extremely important to avoid misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis and treatment, and to select corresponding antibiotics in time. It can greatly improve the therapeutic effect of human infection with Streptococcus suis.

Q: is Streptococcus suis terrible?

Answer: Streptococcus suis disease is not terrible. First, this is not a new or strange disease. In the past few decades, the disease has been reported at home and abroad. Second, the disease has effective methods and measures for prevention and treatment, and it is preventable and treatable. Third, so far, no case has been found that the disease is directly transmitted from the patient to the people around. Moreover, even in the epidemic areas where Streptococcus suis is endemic, most people will not be easily infected by Streptococcus suis. Unless in direct contact with dead pigs or their viscera and other diseased materials.

Q: can pork be eaten in the place where the epidemic occurs?

A: as it is now reported that people can be infected with Streptococcus suis, many people begin to worry about eating pork, and even ㈩ is now afraid. As a matter of fact, the death cases of human infection are only relatively concentrated cases, and there is no need for us to worry too much. Scientific research shows that Streptococcus suis can only live for 10 minutes in 60 ℃ water. If the pork is cooked and eaten, there will be no problem. Moreover, pork bought from the formal market has been quarantined by animal health departments, so even in places where an epidemic occurs, pork can be eaten and will not be infected by eating meat. What's more, once there is an epidemic in the area, the quarantine and supervision measures adopted by governments at all levels and relevant functional departments are more stringent than ever, so the broad masses do not have to worry too much.