Eating hamburgers fast to the food fighter hospital...If you don't chew, you'll lose your life
Mar 10, 2025
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According to the British media Daily Mail, a 30-year-old food fighter living in Singapore participated in a competition to eat a huge 3.2 kg hamburger in 30 minutes.
Eight hours after he succeeded in the challenge, he was taken to the emergency room with abdominal pain and gas bloating.
CT scans showed undigested food was in the stomach and pressure was applied to the point where the shape of the stomach and duodenum changed,
Medical staff inserted a tube into the nose to expel gas and performed stomach washing, but the patient's condition did not improve. Gastric acid was also being discharged excessively.
It was a dangerous situation that could cause a stomach rupture. In case of rupture, sepsis and multiple organ failure can lead to loss of life.
Medical staff once considered a last-ditch method of incision in the stomach. Fortunately, the patient gradually began to regain his digestive function as he discharged the gas.
He defecated and returned home five days after hospitalization.
The medical staff explained that turning over food without chewing causes a sudden and severe gastrointestinal expansion, which builds up a lot of hard food debris in the stomach and prevents food from entering the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine)."If the duodenum is compressed and deteriorates, it can lead to acute pancreatitis or acute kidney damage." he warned.
In addition, participants in the fast-eating contest emphasized the risk of intestinal tissue necrosis, esophageal damage, and pneumonia in addition to intestinal rupture.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
