On the 19th (local time), a Chinese man, A, was rushed to the emergency room of a hospital in Harbin and vomited up to 1 liter of blood. [사진 = 차이나 프레스 캡처]A Chinese man who drank a cold beverage in a hurry to cool off in the sweltering heat vomited a lot of blood.
According to local media such as China Press on the 27th, a 38-year-old man, A, was rushed to the emergency room of a hospital in Harbin around 2 pm on the 19th (local time). Mr. A vomited up to a liter of blood with his body bowed down. The situation at that time was captured on CCTV footage of the hospital.
The emergency room medical staff saw this and took immediate action. Person A reached an emergency state, but his condition improved following the medical staff took action. The man was reported to have been discharged from the hospital following receiving drug treatment.
The man was known to be in good health, but a cold bottle of black tea he drank suddenly in hot weather caused this to happen.
The symptoms that the man experienced were identified as ‘esophageal laceration’ (Mallory Weiss syndrome).
In fact, the man said in an interview with the media, “The weather was hot, so I bought iced tea and drank almost all of it in one sip, but following drinking it, I felt uncomfortable.”
Esophageal laceration refers to a disease in which the mucous membrane at the junction of the stomach and esophagus is ruptured and blood vessels are damaged, resulting in bleeding due to wounds caused by explosive pressure and strong acidic gastric acid going up into the esophagus following symptoms of nausea and vomiting.
“When cold or irritating food enters the stomach quickly, the stomach contents rush toward the esophagus and the pressure of the esophagus suddenly expands,” said Mazbin, a professor of gastroenterology at Harbin Medical University. , the blood vessel under the mucous membrane ruptures and vomits blood,” he explained.
He added, “It’s a hot day and people often look for cold food, which is an act that irritates the stomach,” he added.
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