A woman who has been on a diet for 20 days has been hospitalized with a liver disease
Jul 08, 2024
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According to local media such as China Dotcom, a 40-year-old woman living in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, recently purchased a diet nutrition bar recommended by an Internet blogger.
Blogger says "If you eat this nutritional bar before meals, it gives you a feeling of fullness and helps you lose weight"I recommended.
A, who purchased 2 months' worth on a whim, ate nutritional bars steadily for 20 days, but there was no change in weight.
Rather, symptoms such as frequent fatigue and yellowing of urine appeared.
As a result of being examined at the hospital, it was diagnosed as 'drug-related liver damage'.
The alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level was 1340U/L, which was dozens of times higher than the normal range of 0 to 33U/L in women.
When medical staff asked about this high without taking alcohol, cigarettes and other drugs, she replied that she was eating a nutritional bar she recently purchased online.
According to the medical staff, the nutritional bar had a crude packaging, and even the basic ingredient list and producer information were omitted.
The medical staff should be careful when choosing a health food or diet product, blindly follow the trend, and ensure that the source of the product is reliable and its ingredients are clear" he advised.
Fortunately, she recovered to normal and returned to her routine through early detection and active treatment.
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