Xiao Zhang (pseudonym), who loves outdoor barbecue, suddenly became a "Minion" before the Spring Festival ended, and he also had a low-grade fever and fatigue. After examination by the First People's Hospital of Hangzhou, it was found that his liver function was dozens of times higher than the normal value, and he was diagnosed with "acute hepatitis E".
When he heard that it was hepatitis E, Xiao Zhang couldn't believe it, how could he be infected with hepatitis E because he was very hygienic.
Hepatitis E virus is mainly caused by drinking unclean raw water and eating undercooked seafood and meat, and such cases occur frequently in coastal areas. Especially during the Spring Festival, cases like Xiao Zhang's occur repeatedly, and every year patients who are infected with hepatitis E due to eating unclean food. Jin Jie, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, said.
At this moment, Xiao Zhang thought that during the barbecue two days ago, there was a plate of barbecue meat that was not fully cooked, but in order not to waste food, he still ate that plate of meat, it is very likely that the plate of meat is to blame!
Eating hepatitis E is not uncommon: during the Spring Festival of 2021, an uncle in Shaoxing was infected with hepatitis E because of "snail meat", resulting in acute liver failure; In June 2023, a man in Shandong Province was suspected of being infected with hepatitis E due to eating undercooked seafood, resulting in liver failure; In July 2023, Mr. Ren, a citizen of Nanjing, was diagnosed with hepatitis E ...... because of barbecue
Jin Jie said that the elderly, children, pregnant women and other such groups have poor immunity, and once infected with the hepatitis E virus, it may cause severe hepatitis, which is life-threatening. To avoid hepatitis E virus infection, we must first take care of the disease in our daily life. Since the hepatitis E virus is transmitted through many routes and the symptoms are relatively insidious, everyone should not only maintain good hygiene habits in daily life, but also wash hands with clean water before eating and after using the toilet; You should also pay attention not to drink raw water, and wash raw fruits and vegetables when eating; Meat and seafood should be cooked, and half-cooked barbecue food should not be eaten.
In addition, vaccination is also the most direct, cost-effective and effective means of preventing hepatitis E. In 2012, the world's first hepatitis E vaccine was born in China, and China became the first and only country in the world to have a hepatitis E vaccine.