The esophagus can’t stand up to fire and ice.

It’s summer again, eat barbecue, drink cold drinks, watch the game, become a lot of people love the night to watch the game pastime. Do not know, this “mix and match” but hides a very serious health risks. 26-year-old Mr. Li is a white-collar workers, often with friends to find barbecue stalls, eating barbecue while watching the game, see the hearty, eat to the happy return. One morning, he woke up but felt unbearable chest pain, as the chest hiding a knife in general, so rushed to the hospital to see a doctor. The doctor recommended that Mr. Lee first have a CT scan of his chest. In the CT clear images, imaging doctors found that the esophagus is swollen like a water pipe, and a thin layer of gas surrounds the esophagus, which is a strange disease rarely seen in normal times. Careful questioning of Mr. Li’s medical history revealed that on the first night, he had not only stayed up late to watch soccer, but also ate a lot of barbecue, drank cold beer, and drank white wine. Doctors analyze, Mr. Li originally night should recuperate esophageal mucosa, but because of bad habits and experienced a test of fire and ice. Hot barbecue stimulate mucosal blood vessels expand rapidly, mucosal congestion, followed by ice cold beer and then come to quickly cool down, so repeatedly, the esophagus can not withstand, prone to inflammation and ulcers, if there is alcohol to destroy the protective layer of the mucosa, then the destructive force is doubled, which can cause perforation of the esophagus, the gas leakage to the outside of the esophagus. Esophageal perforation is a very serious gastrointestinal emergency, Mr. Lee was immediately hospitalized, after a week of careful treatment, esophageal mucosal repair, perforation occlusion, to avoid the pain of the open chest. Doctors warned the majority of friends who love barbecue summer, summer can enjoy the carnival, but the diet should be the main moderation, esophagus and gastrointestinal tract can not withstand the fire and ice!