What Made a Chinese Man’s Bowels Explode?
Man’s blocked bowel ‘explodes’ after he ate a big bowl of dumplings before doctors save him in emergency surgery
By Billie Thomson For Mailonline10:51 31 Jul 2020, updated 10:56 31 Jul 2020
- The patient, 63, heard a bang coming from inside his body after a hearty dinner
- He felt sharp belly pain and was rushed to a hospital in Huai’an in eastern China
- The man had suffered from bowel obstruction for over a year and his colon burst
- Medics saved his life by removing 3,000 millilitres of faeces and liquid from him
A Chinese man with a long-term intestinal illness has nearly died after his blocked bowel burst following a hearty dinner.
The 63-year-old patient, known as Mr Wang, said he heard a bang coming from inside his body before realising something ‘had exploded’.
He told local reporters that he felt sharp abdominal pain and uncontrollable sweats afterwards. He was rushed to hospital by his family members.
The incident took place recently in the city of Huai’an in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, reported Jiangsu Radio and Television Station.
Mr Wang had allegedly suffered from bowel obstruction for more than a year prior to the event.
He said he had eaten a big bowl of wontons – a type of soup dumplings popular in eastern China – at around 6pm that day before hearing the unexpected sound.
Bowel obstruction is a condition in which the bowel stops working properly, according to NHS.
There are two types of obstruction – mechanical and functional obstruction. It remains unknown which kind Mr Wang had.
During a medical checkup, doctors from the Huai’an Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital discovered that the man’s abdominal cavity had been filled with faeces.
Sun Jian, a supervising doctor, told reporters that medics had to suck out nearly 3,000 millilitres of waste and liquid from Mr Wang. Afterwards, they cleaned his abdominal cavity with 23,000 millilitres of water.
Medics found a 1.2-inch-wide hole in the middle of Mr Wang’s transverse colon, added Dr Sun.
Mr Wang’s condition has stabilised following the emergency operation, according to the report.
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