A pregnant woman in Nghe An almost lost her life after swallowing a pig's gallbladder to treat a stomachache.
(Baonghean.vn) - Believing others, the pregnant woman's family asked for a fresh pig gall bladder to swallow to cure her stomachache. However, this person was later hospitalized in critical condition.
On March 7, the leader of Nghi Loc General Hospital said that doctors here had just saved the life of a rare patient.
Accordingly, on the evening of March 4, the hospital received a female patient in critical condition. The patient was a woman who had just given birth 2 weeks ago, residing in Nghi An commune, Vinh city. According to her family, because they believed the advice of others that swallowing pig bile after giving birth could cure stomachaches and improve digestion, the family went to ask for a fresh pig bile bag for her to swallow.
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Gallbladder inside the patient's esophagus. Photo: BVCC |
However, immediately after swallowing the whole pig gallbladder, the mother immediately experienced symptoms such as vomiting, difficulty breathing, choking, constant irritation, chest pain, and inability to eat or drink. After being taken to the emergency room, the doctors immediately consulted with the gastrointestinal endoscopy team and discovered a foreign object in the upper 1/3 of the patient's esophagus.
Doctors removed a fresh pig gallbladder, measuring about 3cm x 4cm. According to doctors, luckily for the patient, the foreign object had slipped down the esophagus. If it had remained in the airway, there would have been a high risk of death due to airway obstruction.
According to the reporter's research, this is a method that is still popular among the people for postpartum women with the hope of not having stomach aches, despite medical experts having repeatedly warned of the danger. According to doctors, all types of bile are more or less toxic. Pig bile is cold and bitter. After giving birth, the mother's body is severely damaged, easily falling into a pathological condition that oriental medicine calls "cold deficiency". Therefore, women after giving birth should avoid catching a cold, because "cold evil" causes blood stagnation, thereby giving rise to hundreds of diseases. Pig bile can be used to strengthen and treat some digestive diseases, but because of its cold nature, postpartum women should not use pig bile alone but must combine it with some other oriental medicines.