The 28-year-old Xiao Bing (pseudonym) could not have imagined that he would suddenly suffer from multiple organ failure due to illness due to illness.
In the afternoon, xiaobing had chest tightness symptoms, and being entangled with a sense of imminent death made him irritable, and the increasingly uncomfortable xiaobing immediately went to the general hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital. At the time of treatment, XiaoBing's blood pressure was extremely low, the lactate indicators in the body were seriously exceeded, and there were already symptoms of anuria, and the preliminary judgment was acute renal failure.
Receiving doctor Li Longzhu for XiaoBing to connect dialysis equipment, but then transmitted the examination report to the rescue personnel stunned, the report showed that the bilirubin and transaminases index is abnormally high, abnormal cardiac function indicators, coupled with respiratory dysfunction and irritability symptoms, Xiao Bing's internal circulation system is almost collapsed, the young heart, liver, lungs, kidneys and brain five major organs and coagulation function are all abnormal, this is the systemic organ failure!
Further laboratory tests, finally confirmed that the direct cause of the collapse of the creep's whole body organs is cadmium poisoning, on the same day through drug alkali supplementation, dialysis and intubation of the trachea and the application of a large number of vasopressor drugs to maintain the blood circulation of the creep, at two o'clock in the morning the indicators of acidosis in the creep's body slowly decreased and a small amount of urine can be discharged.
Then, after ten days of rescue in the intensive care unit, the indicators of the creeps were gradually stabilized and out of danger, and they could be discharged home shortly after being transferred to the general ward.
Why do creeps get cadmium poisoning? The doctor asked about the medical history and found that the creep had drunk four days before the onset of the disease, and the creep was also a betel nut lover, and the daily chewing amount of betel nut reached 6 packs, and this betel nut may be the culprit that caused the poisoning of the creep cadmium.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > betel nut was originally used as an insect repellent</h1>
The history of Chinese people chewing betel nut is relatively long, and the "Foreign Object Chronicle" written by Yang Fu of the Eastern Han Dynasty has the earliest record of betel nut, in addition to describing the appearance and form of betel nut in detail, it also states the special role of betel nut - feeding and repelling insects.
Before the Song Dynasty, betel nut has been used as a medicine, and then in the Jin Dynasty Tao Hongjing's "Famous Doctors's Catalogue", the Tang Dynasty Liu Ke's "Records of Lingbiao" and the Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" have detailed records of the medicinal value of betel nut, so for a long time people only regarded betel nut as a medicine, especially the people in southern China, because betel nut can get rid of "miasma" and listed it as the four major southern medicines along with Sha Ren, Yi Zhi Ren and Bayan Tian.
After the Song Dynasty, the use of betel nut changed, it changed from a simple medicine to a hobby of people, especially in Hainan and Guangdong Lingnan and other places to get pleasure by chewing betel nut, chewing betel nut and even became a pastime for princes and nobles, until opium and tobacco were introduced after the betel nut gradually came down from the throne of hobby.
Nowadays, the harm caused by chewing betel nut is self-evident, especially the modern people's understanding of betel nut is only focused on hobbies, who ever thought that this health hazard of betel nut has also been a good medicine for insect repellent?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="55" > addictive magic fruit, chewed out of the mouth cancer</h1>
Betel nut is known as an addictive magic fruit, as long as eating betel nut is like drinking the second nest head, the face flushes instantly, this state of mental excitement is the alkaloids contained in betel nut.
The alkaloids in betel nut are based on betel nut and betel nut as the most important components, this alkaloid has an impact on the human body, such as betel nut by stimulating the secretion of endogenous adrenocorticotropic hormones, prompting the pituitary gland to release adrenocorticotropic hormones and allowing the adrenal glands to produce more adrenal corticosteroids at the same time, thereby making people feel excited, and this is also the main reason why people will have addiction to betel nut.
Chewing betel nut produces a sense of excitement so that more and more people join the ranks of chewing betel nut, it is understood that papua new Guinea has six adults like to chew betel nut, of course, their oral cancer incidence also ranks second in the world, and China's treasure island Taiwan residents are also equally keen on chewing betel nut, data show that every 100,000 Taiwanese men have 27.4 cases of oral cancer cases, obviously chewing betel nut brings excitement but also brings oral cancer.
According to statistics, by 2030, the total number of oral cancer patients associated with betel nut in Hunan will exceed 300,000, while the national estimate will exceed 1 million. Such a large base of oral cancer patients, calculated at a medical cost of 200,000 yuan per person, will be a medical burden of 200 billion yuan.
Why does chewing betel nut increase the incidence of oral cancer? Without him, it is still caused by the alkaloids of betel nut.
The betel nut in the alkaloid affects the nervous system to make people excited at the same time will also stimulate the oral mucosal cells, disturb the stability of the oral environment, promote the apoptosis of oral epithelial cells in a short period of time and let the extracellular collagen deposits fill, at this time betel nut alkali will also actively lead the body to remove excess protein.
During the chewing process, the oral mucosa will also be punctured by rough fibers for a long time, which is easy to cause excessive proliferation of mucosal cells, resulting in submucosal fibropathy of the oral cavity and precancerous lesions such as oral leukoplakia.
In recent years, the incidence of oral cancer has been rising, and chewing betel nut has become the most important causative factor, in 2003 the International Center for Cancer Research classified betel nut as a first-class carcinogen, in 2017 WHO also released betel nut in the list of first-class carcinogens, with arsenic cream and aflatoxin equal name, so do you dare to chew betel nut?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="65" > what is hidden behind the suspension of betel nut propaganda? </h1>
According to the "Epidemiological Study of Betel Nut Consumption in Hunan Region", the probability of hunan residents chewing betel nut reaches 38.4%, in other words, about 4 out of 10 Hunan people are chewing betel nut, betel nut brings them excitement and euphoria, but can not ignore the carcinogenicity of betel nut.
After a joint investigation by a number of hospitals led by Hunan Xiangya Hospital, it was found that the composition of oral cancer and the composition of death in Hunan Province were higher than that of the whole country, so under the "persecution" of public opinion, the Hunan Betel Nut Food Industry Association issued a notice to stop advertising in 2019, requiring the cessation of all domestic betel nut advertising, but this belongs to the industry self-discipline without legal restrictions, it is worthless and has no deterrent in front of real money and silver, so betel nut advertising is repeatedly prohibited...
This! It is a certain brand of betel nut that is a sponsor in the "Street Dance 4" program that frequently goes abroad, the guest host in "Spit Conference 5" broadcasts goji betel nut in public, and even the recent hit drama "Sweeping Black Storm" has also appeared many times in Lin Hao chewing betel nut. In 2015, China Betel Nut Network conducted a test of betel nut advertisements and found that a brand of betel nut placed a total of 1319 ads on 12 channels with a cost of more than 14.2632 million yuan.
In 2013, "Face Cutters in the Betel Nut Kingdom" described patients who suffered from oral cancer after chewing betel nut for a long time, but they were soon removed from the whole network, and now they can't find complete resources.
There have been video ups who commented on the betel nut sponsors of domestic variety shows without any lower marketing methods, but in the end they were insulted and threatened, and even gave up to half a million "sealing fee".
The ancients may never have thought that they once regarded it as a good medicine for insect repellent, and now it has become a first-class carcinogen that plagues health. Long-term chewing of betel nut will lead to teeth blackening and will induce oral cancer, and the euphoria produced by chewing betel nut will also be easily addictive, so it should be more labeled as "harmful to health", but relying on industry self-discipline alone is not enough, and the road to regulating the betel nut market is still a long way to go.
Resources:
[1] "Eating Betel Nut Eating into the ICU 28-year-old Guy's Whole Body Organ Collapse". The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.2021-01-29
[2] Betel Nut: A Drug or a Hobby? 》. China Science and Technology Education.2016-02
[3] Betel Nut: Hovering Between Drugs and Hobbies. Knowledge is power.
[4] "500,000 closures, life-threatening, exposing whose cheese did betel nut carcinogenicity?" 》. Coldplay Labs.2021-08-31
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