when a very hot pepper caused a hole in his esophagus.
The man ate a pepper called “bhut jolokiaâ€, which is also known as “peppers ghostâ€. This is one of the hottest peppers in the world , twice as hot by the notorious pepper of the variety habanero, in accordance with a medical team headed by dr. Ann Arens from the Emergency department of the university hospital of California.
The 47-year-old was admitted to the hospital with severe pain in the abdomen and chest, after had intense nausea and vomiting after the consumption of a chili-ghost, according to the medical report published in The Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Was a ct scan and chest x-ray which revealed the existence of air around a portion of the esophagus, which showed the doctors that there was a perforation of the esophagus.
“The patient διασωληνώθηκε and went immediately into surgery, where it was found he had a hole diameter of 2.5 cm into the esophagus,†reported the doctors. The point of the hole found scraps of food, which was none other than so much hot pepper.
The 47-year-old stayed in the hospital for 13 days, was fed only through a tube, while the discharge took after a total of 23 days of hospitalization!
The doctors have pointed out that a rupture of the esophagus is a highly lethal condition.
SHOCK! He almost died from a pepper – punctured esophagus!
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