Story By: Les Steed, Sub-Editor: Marija Stojkoska, Agency: Newsflash
This shocking picture shows one of the bags of oil filtered from the blood of a pregnant woman after eating fried chicken for two days.
The 32-week pregnant woman, identified only as Ms. Li, from the port of Guangzhou, near Hong Kong, China, came into hospital presenting pain in her upper left abdomen and back as well as nausea and vomiting for three days on the 26th of August.
She reportedly came into the Obstetrics clinic at Clifford Hospital limping with the support of her family after spending two days binging on fried chicken and pork.
Staff were left stunned when her blood tests found that she had more than 25 times the normal level of fat in her blood at more than 50mmol/l.
People normally have 1.9mmol/l.
She was diagnosed with acute severe pancreatitis caused by hyperlipidemia (having too much fat in her blood), that can easily lead to multiple organ failure and a host of other problems including death of both mother and baby.
Teams sent her to the ICU where they performed a total plasma exchange, removing bags of filtered grease from her blood.
On the 29th August her cholesterol fell to a safer level and both mother and baby survived.
She has since sworn off high calorie food, though ICU Director Liu Yunsong advised that the hyperlipidemia was likely to do with her genetics and is not only about being fat.
According to Director Liao Dongxia of the Obstetrics Department of Clifford Hospital, acute pancreatitis during pregnancy can occur at any period including after pregnancy, Sina reports.
Affected by estrogen and progesterone in the early stage of pregnancy, cholesterol and triglycerides will increase by about 30 per cent than normal, and reach a peak in the latter part of pregnancy.
At this time, excessive intake of high fat and high calories can easily lead to excessive blood lipids.
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