A six-month-old baby died of botulism after being fed honey

May 2, 2019

The event was held in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first death caused by this disease in the Asian country since 1986.

A six-month-old baby died of botulism end of last month in the neighborhood of Adachi, in Tokyo, Japan, after his family fed him with sweetheart, according to the newspaper The Japan Times.

The metropolitan officials said that he was the first death caused by botulism in children in Japan since 1986, when the government started compiling such statistics. They also warned that babies under one year of age should not receive honey.

The little native of Adachi he died on March 30th. He developed a cough February 16 and was rushed by ambulance to the hospital on February 20 after suffering convulsions and respiratory failure. He was diagnosed on February 28 with infant botulism.

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According to officials, the child's family had given him honey mixed in juice twice a day for about a monthand that they did not know that babies should not be fed honey.

The bacterium Clostridium botulinum It was found in an unsealed honey container at the family and in the stool of the child. A public health center confirmed that the death of the child was due to poisoning.

The infant botulism This can happen when neonates, whose digestive system is immature, ingest bacteria that produce toxins in the intestines.

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According to the Ministry of Health, the first recorded case of the disease in Japan was confirmed in the prefecture of Chiba in 1986 and the ministry issued a warning the following year so that the prefectures of the country do not feed the babies with honey.

According to Tokyo Metropolitan GovernmentSince 1986, more than 30 cases of infant botulism have been reported throughout the country, but none has been fatal.

The botulism poisoning is caused by honey in most casesbut there have been cases where this has been caused by vegetable soup or well water, according to experts.