Tofu Diet Leads To 420 Kidney Stones Being Removed
An older Chinese gentleman, who simply went by the name of Mr. He, 55, ate nothing but tofu every single day and drank barely any water throughout the day. Unfortunately for him, that ultimately ended up with him having 420 kidney stones within his body.
Upon visiting a doctor last month for extreme abdominal pain, a CT scan discovered he had an entire kidney full of stones. An operation was booked immediately to remove the stones, as he was unable to urinate due to the pain from having all of them inside of him. A delay in the operation would mean the entire kidney would need to be removed, so the doctors put a rush on it. According to Daily Mail, the surgeon who treated Mr. He was shocked by the number of stones located within his kidney. He said:
“I have never seen so many stones before. The operation took less than two hours of which 45 minutes was used to remove the stones. At the end of the operation I realised my arms and legs were numb. The plate used to collect the stones had at least 420 of them of varying sizes and coloured green and yellow. These didn’t include the tiny rice sized stones that were taken out using specialist suction equipment and these numbered over 100.”
Mr. He first experienced pain 20 years ago and was treated for over 10 kidney stones. The past few years, however, the pain and discomfort was extremely bad. Luckily Mr. He sought medical assistance when he did.
