A cautionary tale for big eaters: A woman loses her “stomach” and has it cut off to save her life. She is horrified by what’s inside her stomach.
Girl loses her “stomach”, cuts it off to save her life, after surgery, finds 5 kg of food remaining inside, a cautionary tale for big eaters
A woman from Jiangsu Province, China, underwent emergency surgery to remove 5 kilograms of undigested food from her stomach after overeating led to serious, life-threatening complications.
According to Sing Tao Daily, the woman, Ms. Zhang , 41, has a long-standing habit of overeating. She began experiencing stomach bloating and discomfort about a month ago, but has not changed her eating habits.
The symptoms worsened to the point of having to go into the ICU.
Two weeks later, her symptoms worsened, with worsening bloating and vomiting. A few days before she was taken to the hospital, she ate an entire persimmon cake. Which made her stomach pain worse.
According to Jimu News, Ms Zhang was taken to a local hospital. Where doctors suspected she may have severe pancreatitis and recommended transfer to a larger hospital for treatment.
When she was sent to the ICU of Nantong University Hospital, she had already lost consciousness.
Emergency surgery is required immediately.
Doctors found that her stomach was severely enlarged due to a duodenal obstruction, causing severe gastritis.
This condition results in necrosis and multiple perforations in the stomach wall, allowing food to leak into the peritoneal cavity.
“The patient is in septic shock and at risk of acute renal failure, and multiple organs may fail at any time,” said Dr. Guo Qingsong, deputy chief surgeon of the surgery.
Since her vital signs were unstable and could not be treated with medication, surgery was the only option.
The entire stomach must be removed.
During the surgery, the surgical team removed more than 3 liters of food remaining in her stomach, including a large amount of pickles and bean sprouts.
They also found several gastric stones, some as large as 6 cm, in the สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน stomach.
Because her condition was so severe, doctors had to remove her entire stomach (Total Gastrectomy) and create a new digestive tract, connecting her esophagus directly to her small intestine so she could receive food.
After a six-hour surgery, Ms Zhang was sent back to the ICU for close monitoring and continued treatment.