4 blocks of food residues like eggs in a woman's stomach

On November 30, the doctors of Hospital E (Hanoi) endoscopy the food residue in the stomach of patients with intestinal obstruction after eating 3 crispy persimmons.

Dr. Vu Hong Anh, Dean of Functional - Endoscopy Department, said that the hospital was hospitalized due to abdominal pain, palpable mass in the abdomen. The doctors carried out gastroscopy and suddenly discovered 4 large blocks of food like an egg in the stomach.

For almost 2 hours, the doctors intervened in small endoscopy and took out all of these 3 residues. Particularly large food residue of 7cm in diameter, the patient was intervened again to avoid affecting health.

The food residue is removed with lots of fiber from the soaked persimmon fruit that the patient has eaten. If not handled promptly, intestinal obstruction caused by stagnant food residues can cause intestinal necrosis, intestinal perforation, peritonitis, infection, systemic toxicity . leading to death.

Food residue in the patient's stomach is as big as an egg.(Photo: Hospital provided).

A few days earlier, the patient ate 3 big, crunchy, pink roses. A few hours later she suffered from abdominal pain, vomiting, palpable mass in the abdomen, poor eating. The patient examined at a local medical facility and was diagnosed with a tumor in the abdomen. Check with Hospital E, the doctor determines that she has intestinal obstruction.

Currently, the patient's health is stable and about to leave the hospital. Hospital E once managed for a 23-year-old female student with intestinal obstruction caused by a coagulated food residue after eating too much dried bamboo shoots. In another case, the 86-year-old woman had a residue of food residue in her stomach because she did not chew the meat well, so she could not digest, accumulate and clump into a big lump.

According to Dr. Hong Anh, intestinal obstruction is caused by common food residues in the elderly and young children, recently appearing in adults. The residue is usually formed when eating foods high in tannin such as pickled pink, green mango, guava; There is a lot of fiber residues such as bamboo shoots . Especially, if you eat when you're hungry, your stomach is empty, high levels of HCl, high fiber fruits, lots of plastic are easily precipitated to bind plant fibers. , forming a solid pulp. Eating habits too quickly , chewing inadequately also contribute to intestinal obstruction caused by food residues.

In order to prevent the risk of creating food residue of the gastrointestinal tract, it is necessary to pay attention to how to eat for the elderly: Food must be cooked, simmered . Drink enough water, exercise regularly (help intestine to be clicked likes, easy contraction and good circulation; cook food, chew well when eating .