He is a “health expert” in the elderly circle, subscribes to various health-related newspapers, and likes to inquire about folk health recipes.
He insisted on “rubbing his belly” for 3 years, but unexpectedly caused intestinal bleeding because of too many rubs and too much force.
He did not know that he rubbed the abdomen is equivalent to rubbing the intestines directly, repeated external stimulation, so that the small blood vessels of the colonic mesentery “very injured”
”Doctor, I will never rub my stomach again!” Yesterday, 78-year-old Lin Fubing (a pseudonym) lying on the hospital bed, painfully determined to make a pledge. It is because of the “belly rub” method of health care, almost cost him his life.
The company is a member of the “health expert” circle. 3 years, he has been adhering to the “belly rub” health therapy, last Saturday night, Lin Fu Bing rubbed his belly more than 100 times after feeling severe pain in the abdomen, sent to the Second People’s Hospital of Chengdu rescue.
The doctor found during surgery that Lin Fubing’s “abdominal sigmoid mesenteric vessels were extensively contused and bleeding”, with a bleeding volume of 1,800 ml. This was the acute bleeding caused by external forces, and the doctor ligated more than 10 obvious bleeding points to save his life. At present, Lin Fubing has been transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward, and is expected to be discharged next week.
Mysterious case
No trauma, intra-abdominal bleeding
The patient’s intestines were covered with dozens of bleeding spots, large and small, and the bleeding volume had reached 1,800 ml, which was obviously caused by external force, but the patient claimed that he did not experience trauma
”Ouch, my stomach hurts!” Last Saturday, Lin Fubing, 78, was sent to the emergency surgery department of the Second People’s Hospital of Chengdu by his family, covering his stomach. A CT diagnosis showed that Lin Fubing had a significant retroperitoneal occupancy, which was suspected to be a hematoma. The doctor asked, as a rule of thumb, “Has there been an external impact?” Lin Fubing shook his head in pain and denied it.
As the patient stated that he had not suffered any trauma, Huang Youcheng, director of breast and vascular surgery, observed the CT film and found that the major abdominal vessels were intact, plus the examination results showed that the patient had elevated white blood cells in the routine blood, was febrile, and considered the occupancy to be an inflammatory infection. However, after 2 hours of anti-infection treatment, another CT examination by Lin Fubing showed that the occupancy had actually increased significantly and the patient’s pain did not ease.
”This must be a hematoma and there is small vessel bleeding in his abdomen!” Director Huang decided to operate immediately, however, his intra-abdominal pressure could slow down the bleeding, and once the dissection was performed, it was likely to cause hemorrhage. Although the risk of surgery was very high, surgery was the only way to save the patient’s life, and without surgery, the patient’s life would soon be in danger.
The surgery was immediately performed, with Director Huang in charge. When he performed the dissection on the patient, he found that the patient’s blood vessels were very healthy and did not have vascular-like diseases such as atherosclerosis, but his “sigmoid mesenteric vessels were extensively contused and bleeding”, which was an acute bleeding obviously caused by external forces. In Director Huang’s sight, Lin’s intestines were already full of sores, covered with dozens of bleeding points, large and small, and the bleeding volume had reached 1800ml!
Bleeding caused by obvious external force? Why did the patient repeatedly deny having suffered trauma? After 4 hours of surgery, Lin Fubing was transferred to the intensive care unit for treatment.
Pursuit
Rubbing, rubbing, rubbing the stomach to intestinal bleeding
The old companion recalled that the night before the patient was admitted to the hospital, a total of more than a hundred times rubbing the stomach, rubbing soon after the abdominal pain; the doctor explained that it is repeatedly many times of external stimulation, so that the small vessels of the colonic mesentery “injury”
When the surgery was over, Director Huang found Lin Fubing’s family and continued to “trace” the cause of Lin Fubing’s injury. “Was he in a car accident? A fall? Hit a hard object?” Director Huang cited all the circumstances that could have led to the abdominal injury, and with his experience, he determined that this was definitely an acute intra-abdominal hemorrhage caused by an external force. If it is a chronic bleeding caused by a lesion, its bleeding will heal and the intestine will have scarring signs. And Lin Fubing’s intra-abdominal reflected that it was an acute bleeding of fresh tissue.
The family recalled over and over again, and his partner suddenly remembered that Lin Fubing had been in the habit of rubbing his stomach, thinking that it was a way to maintain health. The night before he was admitted to the hospital, he rubbed his stomach more than a hundred times in total in a top-down direction. Soon after the rubbing, he developed abdominal pain. It wasn’t until early in the morning that he was in real pain and was taken to the hospital for resuscitation.
”This is the cause of the patient’s injury!” Director Huang finally uncovered the mystery, he said, the patient was very thin, with very little abdominal fat. He rubbed the abdomen is equivalent to rubbing the intestines directly, due to repeated external stimulation, although not hurt the abdomen large blood vessels, but the small vessels of its colonic mesentery “very injured”, there is extensive contusion type bleeding.
The mistake, mistake, mistake.
He heard of a “belly rubbing” method of health, said 31 times each morning and evening rubbing the belly, to be exhausted intestines can be, the night before admission, because the intestines have not been exhausted, anxious, he increased the force of rubbing more than 100 times
Yesterday afternoon, Lin Fubing recovery is very good, he assured the doctor again and again, “I will never rub the stomach again!”
According to Lin Fubing, he is a retired teacher, came to live in Chengdu 12 years ago. He was particularly interested in health care a few years ago, subscribing to two health-related newspapers at home and paying close attention to health TV shows and broadcasts. 3 years ago, he heard about a “belly rub” method of health care, saying that 31 times a day in the morning and 31 times a day in the evening to rub the belly, after the intestines are exhausted, which is good for digestion and defecation. In addition, he also learned to use dry hands to comb his hair and rub his ears and face, as well as the morning and evening with hot water soaking feet health method.
Lin Fu-bing has always been in good health, but he has been suffering from old stomach problems for many years. Therefore, he was particularly interested in the “stomach rubbing” method of health care and insisted on it for three years. Every day before getting up, he would bend his feet and rub his stomach from top to bottom 31 times. At night before going to bed, repeat again, “sometimes rubbed 31 times did not wait for the intestinal exhaust, he rubbed 50 times.”
The night before he was admitted to the hospital, Lin Fubing began to “rub his stomach” again before going to bed, but has been rubbed 50 times, the intestines have not exhausted the phenomenon. Anxious, Lin Fubing increased the force, continue to rub repeatedly in the up and down direction, until after rubbing more than a hundred times before giving up. Unexpectedly, not long after, he felt vague pain in the abdomen, until the next morning, he was admitted to the hospital due to the belly pain.
Doctors warn
”Rubbing the belly” may cause intestinal damage
The doctor introduced by rubbing the belly and achieve the effect of intestinal exhaust, which can only indicate the presence of gas in the intestine, through the role of external force, indeed, to achieve exhaust, but if there is no gas in the intestine, through the role of external force also no gas can be exhausted. And the presence of intestinal gas and food has a lot to do with, such as eating legumes.
Generally speaking, the peristaltic function of the intestine can help the intestine to exhaust naturally, and the strength of the peristaltic function of the intestine has a great relationship with the health of the body. The body is good, the intestinal peristaltic function is strong, naturally can help digestion and excretion. Through external rubbing to stimulate the intestinal tract, not only can not achieve the effect of helping digestion and excretion, but also may cause intestinal damage. At the same time, for more obese people, even if their abdominal fat is thicker, rubbing the belly may also cause subcutaneous fat bleeding and necrosis, leading to abdominal wall disease and infection. Director Huang reminded, for the folk health methods, the public had better consult a doctor first, under the advice of a doctor caution.