{"id":14245,"date":"2023-09-04T06:39:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T01:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14245"},"modified":"2025-04-02T18:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:33:59","slug":"vibrio-vulnificus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vibrio-vulnificus\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibrio vulnificus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Vibrio vulnificus\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a type of\u00a0<strong>bacteria\u00a0<\/strong>that can cause a fatal infection.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This infection can happen\u00a0<strong>when a wound comes into contact<\/strong> with raw or undercooked seafood, its juices, or its drippings or with saltwater.<\/li>\n<li>It eats away at the skin, muscles, nerves, fat and blood vessels around an infected wound.<\/li>\n<li>In severe cases, it can\u00a0<strong>lead to septicemia<\/strong>, which is when the bacteria enter the bloodstream.<\/li>\n<li>It results in a septic shock, where blood pressure drops dangerously.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signs and symptoms include:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Watery diarrhea, often accompanied by stomach cramping, nausea, vomiting, and fever.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For bloodstream infection:<\/strong> fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure, and blistering skin lesions<\/li>\n<li>For wound infection: Fever, redness, pain, swelling, warmth, discoloration, and discharge (leaking fluids).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The only method available to avoid getting infected with the bacteria is to avoid coming in contact with it.<\/li>\n<li>It is advised to\u00a0<strong>make sure any seafood you consume is well-cooked,<\/strong> avoid raw or undercooked oysters and clean your hands after handling any kind of seafood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is sepsis?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a serious medical condition characterized by a widespread infection throughout the body. It occurs when harmful bacteria or other pathogens enter the bloodstream and trigger a systemic response from the body&#8217;s immune system. Septicemia can lead to a life-threatening condition if not promptly treated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/cdc-issues-national-health-alert-for-infections-caused-by-flesh-eating-bacteria-101693744869417.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC issues National Health Alert for infections caused by flesh-eating bacteria<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vibrio vulnificus is a type of bacteria that can cause a fatal infection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}