Story By: Buli Liang, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report

Picture Credit: AsiaWire

These images show the milky liquid doctors found and removed from the aching knees of a 29-year-old man who has been drinking beer every day for a decade.

The bizarre scenes occurred after the patient, identified in reports by his surname Wu, went to the Zhongshan No 6 Hospital in Guangzhou City, in South China’s Guangdong Province complaining that he had been suffering from joint pain for two weeks.

Doctor Huang Jianlian asked for more details and upon checking Wu’s joints he found the patient’s knees were swollen and red. 

He decided to drain Wu’s knees to check the joint fluid which turned out to be white and milky.

Jianliang said: “The high concentration of uric acid in the joint fluid results in a milky white colour. Normally our knees have 3-5 millilitres of joint fluid, which should be clear, light yellow and a bit thick. The patient’s joint fluid was special because it was milky and unclear. He loves drinking beer and has drunk every day for 10 years. His joint fluid has become milky because of the high levels of uric acid in his body.”

A high level of uric acid is known as hyperuricemia and can lead to gout which causes painful joints.

Wu has reportedly been drinking two or three bottles of beer every day, and at most 10 bottles a day, for 10 years. The amount of uric acid in his blood was soaring and he had developed severe gout. 

Huang used one litre of normal saline solution to wash inside Wu’s knees and clean the joint fluid.

Wu’s aching was reportedly greatly reduced immediately and he remained in the hospital for three days.

His knees have recovered but he still needs to follow doctor’s orders to stop drinking beer if the aches come back.

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