On the verge of death because he ate too much. How a patient with broken esophagus was saved

Unusual case at Galați County Hospital. A man arrived in serious condition, with the broken esophagus, because he ate too much. “This is what happens when he is the lustful man, he will be greedy and look at what happened,” said the patient’s relative.

Dr. Constantin Truș, a surgeon at Galați County Hospital, was on guard when a patient was brought in serious condition. A man of almost 40 years, transferred from another emergency hospital “With diagnosis of heart attack and rapid mounting recommendation of coronary stents”. Blood analyzes showed serious septicemia. Moreover, following the investigations, the doctor found that “the esophagus was broken”.

“The Emergency Hospital that had sent the patient had no dedicated section for such cases, so they sent the patient to us. The team intervened quickly, urgently made a CT and when they were preparing for the intervention … Take the infarction from which I was not quickly called and I did not understand why I was called by the colleagues from the thoracic surgery. I asked in half a mouth. the radiologist confirmed. Blood analyzes showed a serious septicemia, already installed and only needed a few hours to cause a cascade of effects that would have led to multiple organ insufficiency … that is to say.said Constantin Truș.

The team of doctors, coordinated by Dr. Constantin Truș, intervened urgently to save the patient’s life. “I was sitting and looking surprised at the internal disaster caused by a simple … vomiting, but it was not time for that. I intervened as soon as I could. The colleagues from the thoracic surgery opened, I quickly sutured the esophagus, checking there to be no other I cleaned the area as well as I could and set up drainage. Once the operation was closed, I also started the antibiotic treatment, hoping that the sepiricemia would not have exceeded the critical point ”, said Dr. Truș.

“Well, this happens … when he is the lustful man …”

Fortunately, the operation was completed well, and the man’s life was saved. After leaving the operating room, a relative told the surgeon what happened. His family was convinced that he had made a heart attack.

“Well, this is the case … when he is the lustful man … he was in a hurry and look what happened. He came home, on leave. I missed the food at home and I did everything, the full meal, to enjoy, like the man. infarct … at the age of 40, the poor man. told the man’s relative.

“He did not make a heart attack, ate and drank above the body”, Dr. Truș immediately intervened.

“” The reflex of vomiting and refrained, probably not to vomit in bed. The pressure of the vomiting was so strong that it broke the esophagus. Everything arrived … inside, in the space between the organs, so an infection was started on this back Infarct, I do not think he understood what happened. explained the doctor Constantin Truș, still amazed by what happened.

After recovering, the doctor wanted to send the patient some recommendations that he should take into account in the future.

“Measure in everything, the Latini said. We really don’t have to eat everything from the plate, especially when it is full of goodies. We really don’t have to drink all the alcohol in the house, no matter how special it is. Stomach.concluded Dr. Truș.