Swallowing spicy food might make us cough sometimes, but we wouldn’t think our bones would break from doing so.
Unfortunately, this happened to a woman in Shanghai who broke her ribs after a spice-induced coughing fit.
As it turns out, she has a fragile upper body with insufficient muscle strength to adequately support the bones. As a result, the doctor advised her to put on more weight.
According to a video posted by 山海视频 on Weibo, the woman surnamed Ms Huang said she was having a spicy meal during dinner.
At one point, she started coughing from the spiciness. Suddenly, she heard a loud crack and felt a sharp pain in her chest.
Initially, Ms Huang thought she was having a stroke, as her chest hurt while sitting or breathing. She also couldn’t muster the strength to walk.
She was sent to the hospital, where a thoracic surgeon examined her condition. A CT scan revealed that she had broken four ribs.
However, the doctor did not tell her the reason behind the injury.
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Instead, he told her that she had fractured her ribs and instructed her to wrap bandages around her chest and rest for a month.
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A week later, the woman returned for a follow-up examination with the thoracic surgeon.
He told Ms Huang that her fractures were likely due to the fact that she had a small frame and a thin upper torso, to the point where her ribs were visible.
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To put things into context, Ms Huang revealed that she was 1.71m tall and weighed 57kg.
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Afterwards, the doctor informed her that she lacked the muscle strength to support her bone structure. Thus, she was susceptible to fracturing her bones if similar incidents happened again, he explained.
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As such, he advised her to gain weight and strengthen her body through exercise.
Huang also promised herself that she would do more physical exercise after she recovers from her injuries.
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