Credulously believe in the "ancestral secret recipe", the elderly waist pain has not healed, but stomach bleeding

Jimu News reporter Liao Shiqi

Correspondent Zhou Shan

When the body is in pain, some people will always be superstitious about some so-called "folk remedies", "secret earth remedies", "special medicines", but in fact, these may not only fail to cure the disease, but also cause other problems. Recently, the 68-year-old mother-in-law Zhang took an "ancestral secret recipe" due to low back pain, and as a result, the old disease was not cured, but it caused stomach bleeding.

Due to the long-term suffering of lumbar disc herniation, half a month ago, Grandma Zhang and several neighbors came to a private massage shop to buy "medicine", "a thousand years of 'ancestral secret recipes', including your low back pain, leg pain, medicine to get rid of the disease ..." In the face of the god's "special effect" publicity, and the 10-day dose only costs 100 yuan at an affordable price, Grandma Zhang is very moved and will soon buy back home. After taking the drug continuously for several days, the disease did not change in the slightest, and there was also a decrease in appetite, dizziness, fatigue and other discomforts, while also continuing to have a suffocated stomach, swelling pain, eating badly, and wanting to vomit, even the stool pulled out was black.

Yesterday, the daughter who came to visit found that Grandma Zhang's face was very poor, and under questioning, she learned that the old man's discomfort for several days was related to taking the "ancestral secret recipe". Upon closer inspection, Grandma Zhang's daughter found that the so-called potion was simply wrapped in ordinary white paper, with no trademark or any ingredient description. Under vigilance, she immediately went to the store to ask for the formula, and sent Grandma Zhang to the Gastroenterology Clinic of Wuhan Brain Hospital of The Yangtze River Shipping General Hospital for medical treatment.

After timely and perfect examination, the elderly were diagnosed with multiple ulcers of the gastroduodenum with bleeding and moderate anemia. Knowing this result, The daughter of Grandma Zhang was worried, and showed the "ancestral secret recipe" formula taken by the elderly to Director Xie Lingli, the receiving expert, which mainly contained dexamethasone, phenylbutazone, ibuprofen and other ingredients, which have irritation to the gastrointestinal tract.

Xie Lingli said that the patient itself has a history of chronic gastritis, plus 3 drugs to take 2 pills every morning and evening, that is, 12 capsules per day for 10 consecutive days, which has seriously exceeded the normal dose, directly leading to the production of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-related ulcers, and then complicated by gastrointestinal bleeding, blood loss anemia, stomach distention, poor appetite, dizziness, melena and a series of typical symptoms.

Xie Lingli suggested that Grandma Zhang be hospitalized immediately to receive comprehensive symptomatic treatment such as stomach protection, acid suppression, and energy supplementation. Under the meticulous medical care of the tube bed physician Wang Rong and the responsible nurse, the discomfort of the elderly was significantly alleviated, the spirit recovered as usual, the diet was gradually restored, and the hospital was about to recover.

Xie Lingli reminded that the superstitious "folk recipe" and "secret recipe" are actually the use of "fang" in a hurry. It is not uncommon to believe in exaggerated and exaggerated publicity like Grandma Zhang, and even fatal incidents. Do not blindly pursue "quick-acting" in medical treatment, and do not joke about your own health, in the early stage of discovering the disease, you should go to a regular hospital as soon as possible to find a professional doctor for symptomatic treatment.