German diagnosed with rare infectious disease at Pattaya Hospital

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German diagnosed with rare infectious disease at Pattaya Hospital



PATTAYA: -- A 48 year old German woman is currently undergoing intensive treatment for a rare and potentially deadly bacterial form of Meningitis.

According to Dr. Chanchai who works at Banglamung Hospital Miss Silvia Lieder was first admitted on 3rd April and was taken to Hospital by Ambulance from the Garden Paradise Hotel in Naklua. She presented symptoms of fatigue, hypotension and Diarrhea and was given medication to control these symptoms.

By 5th April she had deteriorated and further symptoms of extreme tiredness and vomiting had developed and it was decided she should be placed in isolation.

The Doctor is sure she has contracted meningococcal meningitis. This is not the first case seen at the Hospital, Dr. Chanchai revealed that a Cambodian woman was diagnosed and later died from the infection last month. However, the infection is not thought to have been present within Thailand for many decades according to official records.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/182387/german-diagnosed-with-rare-infectious-disease-at-pattaya-hospital/


-- Pattaya One 2015-04-09

[chooka]

Looks more like a public ward or is isolation a bed for one?

[TheWizardofRnR]

No ur right thats a pic of the Ward , an Isolation Room you would notice a much smaller space, like a Room with one Bed possibly two. Although a Ward can be turned into a Isolation Ward but only if many cases were to suddenly develop. But then we'd all probably be in trouble if they had used a Ward for many cases , and we'd be up <deleted> Creek without a paddle but with a Epidemic !

[maidee]

you can catch many more nasties in the hospital itself

maybe she came it with x,y,z and got some local bugs on top

[tolsti]

Looks pretty serious..... Hope all the best for her.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs141/en/

[tigermonkey]

Has she been in Thailand 10 days ? If so, she certainly acquired the disease from an infectious carrier in Thailand. If not, where was she to acquire the disease ? Time for some follow-up action !

Edited April 9, 2015 by tigermonkey

[slipperylobster]

you can catch many more nasties in the hospital itself

maybe she came it with x,y,z and got some local bugs on top

You are right of course. Staph and blood infections are much more likely in a hospital.

But then again....where does one go when they are deathly ill..and need treatment.

Right place for him....this time.

By the sheer nature of human contact...(strangers with visas mixing body fluids with each other...it's only a matter of time before you need some kind of shot or medication).

Not saying bad or good...just saying "at high risk". If you want to play, protect yourself. Condoms, proper vaccinations and checkups.

Biology 101. Pattaya can fulfill your dreams..but risky contact can turn you vacation into an expensive, hospital stay.

Edited April 9, 2015 by slipperylobster

[geisha]

I wonder if this lady has been in Africa lately, or is she a nurse/ teacher/ health worker. This sickness is not so easy to catch. Was she alone in Thailand ? I find it strange though that they have had a recent death from this at the hospital.

[hawker9000]

A teenager in Virginia just died from the same thing a couple of days ago. She was apparently dead within just hours of complaining of a headache. There's a vaccine, but unless you were travelling or residing in the African "meningitis belt" (in which case you'd probably get vaccinated), I always thought it was kind of rare.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/virginia-teen-died-suddenly-meningococcal-meningitis-article-1.2181676

[worgeordie]

Is this the same lady,where this hospital or another,contradictorily denied that

the lady had the disease.after the news said she did.

regards worgeordie

[Chao Lao Beach]

A teenager in Virginia just died from the same thing a couple of days ago. She was apparently dead within just hours of complaining of a headache. There's a vaccine, but unless you were travelling or residing in the African "meningitis belt" (in which case you'd probably get vaccinated), I always thought it was kind of rare.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/virginia-teen-died-suddenly-meningococcal-meningitis-article-1.2181676

African "meningitis belt"

Where is this ?

[hawker9000]

A teenager in Virginia just died from the same thing a couple of days ago. She was apparently dead within just hours of complaining of a headache. There's a vaccine, but unless you were travelling or residing in the African "meningitis belt" (in which case you'd probably get vaccinated), I always thought it was kind of rare.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/virginia-teen-died-suddenly-meningococcal-meningitis-article-1.2181676

African "meningitis belt"

Where is this ?

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2014/chapter-3-infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/meningococcal-disease