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Een Chinese man, die veertig jaar lang klaagde over borst- en rugpijn, blijkt al die tijd een zwervende acupunctuurnaald in zijn lijf te hebben gehad.
'Ouderdom'
Xu gelooft nu, veertig jaar later, dat de naald in feite in tweeën is gebroken. "In het begin had ik niet het gevoel dat er iets mis was. Mijn buikpijn was weg en alles leek goed. Maar in de loop der jaren kreeg ik steeds meer last van mijn rug en borst."Artsen weten de pijn in eerste instantie aan ouderdom, maar uiteindelijk werden de klachten zo erg dat er toch een röntgenfoto werd gemaakt. Xu: "Artsen vertelden me dat ze een vreemd voorwerp zagen in mijn maag. Ik raakte meteen in paniek, dacht dat ik kanker had. Toen ik hoorde dat het een acupunctuurnaald was, was ik geschokt en opgelucht tegelijk."
Dokter Ye Len, die de operatie uitvoerde om de 3 centimeter lange naald te verwijderen, stond versteld. "De naald zat vast in zijn darmen en was helemaal zwart en dik geworden als gevolg van decennialange oxidatie."
Xu maakt inmiddels weer goed. De naald is met succes verwijderd en zijn pijn is verdwenen.
Doctors discover man's chest and back pains are due to acupuncture needle lodged in his gut for 40 YEARS
- Xu Long, 60, had been given acupuncture for stomach pain in 1974
- As time went on, he began to suffer from chest and back pain
- Doctors blamed it on old age, but he eventually had scans done
- Revealed a 'foreign' body, which turned out to be an acupuncture needle
A man complaining of chest and back pains was found to have an acupuncture needle that had been lodged in his gut for 40 years.
Xu Long, 60, from the city of Jiujiang in south-eastern China's Jiangxi Province, had been treated with acupuncture while serving in the military in 1974 to cure stomach ache.
He said: 'The only time I ever had acupuncture was while in the army.
'I recall I had an ongoing stomach ache at the time which hurt for two days and two nights.
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Xu Long, 60, had gone to his doctor complaining of chest and back pains. Both he and doctors were stunned when they found an acupuncture needle that had been lodged in his gut for 40 years
Xu said the only time he'd ever had acupuncture was in 1974, when suffering stomach ache
'The army doctor offered to perform acupuncture on me and it worked. The pain stopped immediately.'
But Xu now believes that one of the needles had actually broken in half.
Xu said: 'At first, I didn't feel anything, my stomach pain had gone and all was good.
'But over the years I began to feel increasing discomfort in my back and in my chest.
'Every time I went to a doctor they said it was just old age.'
Eventually the pain became so bad doctors decided to X-ray him.
Xu said: 'They told me there was a foreign body in my stomach and I just panicked thinking it was cancer.
'You can imagine my shock and relief when they told me it was the acupuncture needle.'
Doctor Ye Lin, who carried out the surgery to remove the 3cm-long needle, said: 'It was really quite a surprise for all of us.
'The needle which was stuck in his intestines had turned black and was very thick because of decades of oxidation.'
The doctors added that the needle had probably been working its way through the man's body as he moved, pushing it slowly to different positions before finally being identified 40 years later.
Xu said: 'Luckily, it's now out and my pains have completely gone. And I don't have cancer so I'm a winner all round.'
Xu said: 'They told me there was a foreign body in my stomach and I just panicked thinking it was cancer.'You can imagine my shock and relief when they told me it was the acupuncture needle (circled)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2779356/Doctors-discover-acupuncture-needle-lodged-man-s-gut-40-YEARS.html#ixzz3IHcacNoA
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