Is this okay? The woman ate hawthorn and ate stomach stones, and the doctor used two cans of Coke to successfully remove the stones for her

Jimu news reporter Chen Lingyan

Correspondent Luo Yao

The hawthorn is so delicious.

Ms. Wan, 63, ate a pound in succession, and the next thing was not good: her stomach hurt. When I went to the hospital to check, I actually ate hawthorn and ate stomach stones. What surprised her even more was that the doctor used two cans of Coke to remove stones for her. Is this okay? It's okay!

Ms. Wan is a native of Wuhan, suffering from high blood lipids for many years, heard that hawthorn has many effects such as lipid reduction and digestion, so she went to the supermarket to buy fresh hawthorn. The hawthorn was sweet and sour, and she ate a pound in one gulp. After a while, she suddenly felt a stomachache, and the pain became more and more intense. Then, not only did he lose all appetite, but he also began to vomit. On January 11, she came to Wuhan Sixth Hospital (Affiliated Hospital of Jianghan University) for treatment.

Xia Lingli, deputy director of the second department of gastroenterology of the hospital, after questioning, believed that her condition was likely to be caused by stomach stones. CT examination showed that Ms. Wan had 3 stones in her stomach, the largest of which was 6 centimeters in diameter.

"Can you grow stones in your stomach?" Ms. Wan was surprised, she had only heard of gallstones and kidney stones before, how could there be stomach stones? Xia Lingli told her that eating too many foods containing tannic acid such as hawthorn and persimmons on an empty stomach and after drinking is easy to cause stomach stones.

What to do? Ms. Wan was scared, did she still have to do surgery? Xia Lingli gently told her that she didn't have to be afraid, and could use Coke to solve it.

"Coke?" Ms. Wan was surprised again. Xia Lingli explained that the citric acid and sodium bicarbonate contained in cola will act together on the gastrolithia, dissolving it layer by layer. Coke also produces a large amount of carbon dioxide gas, which helps the stomach to expand, and when the gastrospara is in a large space of activity, it is easy to hit and roll, making it easier to break.

According to Xia Lingli's method, Ms. Wan accepted "Coke Therapy": first take a medicine to protect the gastric mucosa, rest for half an hour, and drink two cans of Coke in a row. The next day, I did a gastroscopy, and the stomach stones were gone.

Chen Lan, director of the second department of gastroenterology, said that hawthorn is rich in tannic acid, under the action of stomach acid, it forms a tannic acid protein that is not easy to dissolve in water with protein, and then adheres to the cellulose of pectin and other foods to form gastric stones, although the texture of this stone is not hard, but it is easy to produce stomach ulcers for a long time, and symptoms such as nausea, bloating, and abdominal pain appear. In addition to hawthorn, eating foods rich in pectin and tannic acid, such as persimmons, black dates, red fruits, and celery, is also a common cause of stomach stones.

She suggested that everyone should take care of their stomachs and try not to eat persimmons, hawthorn or black dates on an empty stomach. Don't eat persimmons, hawthorns or dates after drinking alcohol or tea. Elderly people and children who are prone to heartburn, acid reflux and poor stomach motility should try to eat less persimmons and hawthorn. In addition, if you eat persimmons, hawthorn or black dates, do not go to drink milk, coffee, or eat sweet potatoes, seafood and other protein-rich foods that stimulate stomach acid secretion.