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Dispute with friends almost ended tragically
Dispute with friends almost ended tragically: in 19-year-old boy from the United States, drunk a liter bottle of soy sauce, convulsions, and he fell into a coma.
American decided to prove to his friends that he could drink a liter of soy sauce at a time. Immediately after the 19-year-old man emptied a jar of liquid seasoning, he began involuntary muscle contractions (convulsions). Frightened, participants were quick to take bets debater, convulsing in the emergency room.
In the hospital, 19-year-old patient entered anticonvulsant drugs, but it has not brought the desired effect - a few hours later, he fell into a coma.
"The young man did not respond to any of the products introduced by him - says Dr. David Carlberg (David J. Carlberg) from Georgetown University in Washington (Georgetown University Hospital in Washington). - He maintained muscle twitching and increased activity of reflexes. These are the first signs that the nervous system does not work very well ".
It clarifies the journalist Live Scence, doctors diagnosed Man shortage of water in the body and excessive intake of sodium - hypernatremia. This metabolic sodium dangerous because damaging due to osmotic factors may occur intracerebral hemorrhage.
The hospital staff began to remove excess mineral matter by washing the body of a young man with saline and dextrose through a nasal tube. And then within half an hour the doctors have entered the patient glucose 6 liters.
After 5:00 figures sodium returned to normal, but the guy is still in a coma. Only three days later, he opened his eyes.
Experts who examined the 19-year-old American, noticed in the hippocampus - part of the brain involved in the formation of emotion and transition to long-term memory - residual effects of brain damage. But a month after the incident, the young man did not have any signs of an overdose of sodium, he went back to college and successfully passed all the exams.
"This patient is the first person who knowingly consume large amounts of salt and survived, avoiding neurological pathologies. This was made possible due to the rapid decrease in sodium levels in his body. In his case, we had a pretty aggressive therapy ", - said David Carlberg.
Author Anna Romantseva
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American decided to prove to his friends that he could drink a liter of soy sauce at a time. Immediately after the 19-year-old man emptied a jar of liquid seasoning, he began involuntary muscle contractions (convulsions). Frightened, participants were quick to take bets debater, convulsing in the emergency room.
In the hospital, 19-year-old patient entered anticonvulsant drugs, but it has not brought the desired effect - a few hours later, he fell into a coma.
"The young man did not respond to any of the products introduced by him - says Dr. David Carlberg (David J. Carlberg) from Georgetown University in Washington (Georgetown University Hospital in Washington). - He maintained muscle twitching and increased activity of reflexes. These are the first signs that the nervous system does not work very well ".
It clarifies the journalist Live Scence, doctors diagnosed Man shortage of water in the body and excessive intake of sodium - hypernatremia. This metabolic sodium dangerous because damaging due to osmotic factors may occur intracerebral hemorrhage.
The hospital staff began to remove excess mineral matter by washing the body of a young man with saline and dextrose through a nasal tube. And then within half an hour the doctors have entered the patient glucose 6 liters.
After 5:00 figures sodium returned to normal, but the guy is still in a coma. Only three days later, he opened his eyes.
Experts who examined the 19-year-old American, noticed in the hippocampus - part of the brain involved in the formation of emotion and transition to long-term memory - residual effects of brain damage. But a month after the incident, the young man did not have any signs of an overdose of sodium, he went back to college and successfully passed all the exams.
"This patient is the first person who knowingly consume large amounts of salt and survived, avoiding neurological pathologies. This was made possible due to the rapid decrease in sodium levels in his body. In his case, we had a pretty aggressive therapy ", - said David Carlberg.
Author Anna Romantseva
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