Eating raw and undercooked pork raises the risk of ear infection

Ear fever is a bacterial infection. Streptococcus Suis by patients with fever, chills, body aches meningitis And infection in the blood stream, causing the patient to have severe headache, vomiting, neck stiffness, complications, permanent extinguishing of the ear. or death

bacteria Streptococcus Suis is present in the pig respiratory tract. and in the blood of sick pigs This infection can be transmitted to people from the consumption of pork. Cooked, uncooked or raw pork blood, and from contact with parts of pork, pork blood through abrasions of skin, wounds or conjunctiva. 

by risk groups that, if exposed to the infection, will have a chance to develop The complications are very severe, including patients with underlying diseases such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease. Groups of people with low immunity from various causes

Ear fever is an infectious disease that can be easily prevented. 

The basics are to take care of your own body to be healthy. exercise regularly get enough rest avoid from touching or consuming undercooked pork If avoiding contact with pork or components of pork cannot be There should be basic prevention such as wearing gloves, boots, etc. Diagnosis can be made in people with suspicious symptoms such as high fever, headache, stiff neck, and a history of exposure. Or consumed raw pork before in the last 14 days, the patient will be Get a blood culture test and cerebrospinal fluid to look for Streptococcus Suis.

Treatment will be a comprehensive care. Both the specific treatment is the administration of pathogens through intravenous lines. Symptomatic treatment is to take care of symptoms, reduce pain, reduce fever, reduce dizziness. With drug and other methods, supportive treatment is to provide sufficient water, nutrients, minerals to the patient. 

A serious complication of the ear is loss of ear that occurs after meningitis. The inflammation spreads from the meningeal fluid to the inner ear, causing inner ear inflammation. in which the coccygeal bone of the inner ear There are organs responsible for receiving sounds. cause the ear to go off This usually happens with both ears. If this happens, the patient will no longer be able to hear. 

It is an urgent condition that the patient should undergo cochlear implant surgery to restore hearing. This will give the patient an opportunity to return to normal social communication again.

The condition of the ear is extinguished from ear fever. It is a condition that deserves to be diagnosed quickly. because the brain is not stimulated by sound Will lose the ability to listen continuously. The longer the day, the more chances of recovery will decrease, resulting in less success after surgery. 

And another very important factor is that with ear fever, there is a chance that the narrowing of the vocal tract in the coccygeal bone is very high, so treatment should be considered quickly. because if the vocal ducts in the snail are already constricted Standard cochlear implant surgery would not be possible at all.