"Acute poisoning" after eating lychee?Expert reminder

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It is the season when the litchi is listed, as the saying goes "one litchi and three fires." Recently, the news of "acute poisoning" after eating lychee in Hebei has attracted the attention of netizens. In this regard, experts reminded that do not eat litchi on an empty stomach or overdose to prevent "litchi disease".

"Litchi disease" is a "hypoglycemia" considered by modern medicine. This disease will cause this disease after eating lychee. "Litchi disease" may have a series of symptoms of hypoglycemia. For those who are mild, they will have symptoms such as dizziness, sweating, pale, fatigue, panic, thirst, hunger. Or suddenly symptoms such as coma, in severe cases, you can shock and die.

Chen Rui, chief physician of the emergency department of the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, reminded that "litchi disease" more occurred in the children, more common in children aged 4 to 11. Since lychee contains a large amount of fruit sugar glucose, it will stimulate the body to produce a large amount of insulin for lowering blood sugar in a short period of time. The self -regulation ability of special crowds such as children, insufficient insulin ability, and more prone to hypoglycemia.

It is particularly worth noting that over -consumption of lychee and not eating dinner may cause "low blood sugar at night". Chen Rui said that if children's dinner is not ingested with carbohydrates, such as rice, noodles, etc., after dinner, a lot of lychee may occur in the morning. If parents do not find and correct this situation at night, there will be a certain risk.

What should I do if my family has a "litchi disease"?

Chen Rui introduced that if there is symptoms of hypoglycemia after eating a lot of lychee but no other serious situations, you can eat 15 grams of carbohydrates first, raise blood sugar, and then observe for about 15 minutes. carbohydrate. If the patient has convulsions, coma, unclear, etc., do not feed any food or water without authorization to avoid suffocation. At the same time, he immediately calls for emergency calls for medical treatment.

How can I enjoy delicious lychee safely?

Experts remind that in general, be careful not to eat on an empty stomach, and not greedy. Different people are different from the "safety amount" of lychee: for adults with normal sugar resistance, it is recommended to control it within 15 each time; children within 4 years of age should not eat the whole grain lychee. More than 5; pregnant women do not exceed 10 per time; elderly people with constipation and people with poor blood sugar control should not eat as much as possible. Those who control weight should eat less. careful.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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