Grandpa Peng was rescued from danger in the Intensive Care Department of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital.
Red Net Moment, February 24 (Correspondent Hu Qin Wang Fen) There is a folk saying that eating snake bile and fish bile can be blind and detoxifying, and can also treat tracheitis, eye diseases, "fire" and high blood pressure. Grandpa Peng, 74, of Ningxiang, Hunan Province, ate 2 raw fish bile at a time because he listened to these folk remedies, resulting in poisoning and acute liver failure, and almost lost his life. Zhou Xu, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, reminded that nowadays there are more and more ways to obtain information, on the one hand, people's pursuit of health is growing, on the one hand, many people teach themselves to maintain health, and even rely on home remedies for treatment, as everyone knows, many folk remedies have no scientific basis, not only delay treatment, some are also very dangerous, and physical discomfort should be seen in regular medical institutions to avoid delaying the condition.
Grandpa Peng often heard people say that eating fish bile can clear heat and detoxify, but also can be blind and healthy, so he will occasionally eat fish bile and snake bile to "supplement" himself. A few days ago, Grandpa Peng ate 2 thumb-sized grass carp bile in a row, and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, he began to recur nausea and vomiting, accompanied by chills, shaking limbs, dizziness, and discomfort, and was sent to the local hospital by his family, and transferred to the Intensive Care Department of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital due to the needs of his condition.
After admission, the perfect examination found that Grandpa Peng has liver failure, the degree of damage is serious, the normal person's aspartate aminotransferase is 13 ~ 35u / l, alanine aminotransferase is 7 ~ 40u / l, Grandpa Peng's aspartate aminotransferase has exceeded 9000u /l, alanine aminotransferase has exceeded 6000u / l, accompanied by renal function damage and myocardial damage, the diagnosis is fish bile poisoning, acute liver failure, acute kidney injury. Since there is no specific antidote to fish bile poisoning, emergency bedside blood purification is required. The medical team of the Department of Critical Care Medicine worked closely together to immediately establish a blood filtration catheter pathway for Grandpa Peng, carry out bedside blood perfusion treatment, remove toxins entering the blood circulation, and at the same time give liver protection, diuresis, hydration, improved metabolism, nutritional support and other treatment for 4 days, and finally Grandpa Peng turned the risk into a disaster, got out of danger from life, stabilized his condition, recovered, and was discharged from the hospital on February 24.
Zhou Xu, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, introduced that the bile of fish bile contains bile acid, bovine yellow bile acid, bovine yolk deoxycholic acid, hydrocyanic acid and other different toxins, poisoned people usually appear the earliest gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc., the toxin is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract through the portal venous system into the liver, which can cause hepatocyte degeneration, necrosis, elevated transaminases, toxins are mainly excreted by the kidneys, resulting in acute mass necrosis of near-curved tubular epithelial cells, renal interstitial edema, blockage of the collection tube, oliguria, anuria, In severe cases, renal failure occurs, and fish bile poisoning can also damage brain cells and cardiomyocytes, resulting in multi-organ dysfunction such as the nervous system and cardiovascular system. Director Zhou Xu reminded that fish bile should not be eaten, and folk remedies and folk customs should be treated rationally so as not to endanger physical health.