Nutritional problems exposed by a car accident

This is the 3551th article of Da Yi Xiao Hu

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The car braked suddenly and an old man fell in front of it. Car accident!

In winter, it gets dark early. It was less than five o'clock in the afternoon, and the light had already dimmed. The street lights were not on yet. General Manager Jiang of the food company drove a Cadillac from the industry association back to his company. His driver had to take a leave of absence the day before because of an emergency at home. At a crossroads with few pedestrians, the car just turned the corner, but suddenly found a figure in front of the car swaying, as if it had fallen. General Manager Jiang hurriedly braked, and when he looked closely, he saw that the person had indeed fallen to the ground. General Manager Jiang quickly got out of the car, dialed 110 and 120, and called his secretary to ask him to come over quickly to help deal with it.

The first to arrive were the traffic police. The first thing they did was to confiscate the driver's license. Then they looked at the person who fell: an old man, about 70 years old, with no external injuries, neatly dressed, and a gaunt face. His glasses and handbag fell outside. He did not look like a criminal who was trying to blackmail people. The old man was still conscious, so General Manager Jiang and the traffic police helped him stand up, only to find that the old man could no longer stand. The traffic police had experience and said that he might have a femoral neck fracture and could not move with force. A moment later, the ambulance arrived, and the paramedics put down the stretcher and carried the old man into the ambulance. General Manager Jiang's secretary Xiao Dong also arrived on a motorcycle. General Manager Jiang asked him to go to the hospital with the car to take care of him and bear all the expenses. The traffic police carefully checked General Manager Jiang's Cadillac and seemed to have no signs of collision, so they took a photo and let General Manager Jiang go home to wait for processing.

When Mr. Jiang returned home and told the story, his wife scolded him: "Your driver asked for leave, why didn't you let another driver drive?" She also instructed: "This is a troublesome matter, and the only way is to "spend money to avoid disaster."

About two hours later, Secretary Xiao Dong called to report that the injured person was diagnosed with a right femoral neck fracture and had been admitted to the ward. He might need surgery. He also contacted his family, and his wife, daughter and others had come to the hospital to take care of him. The injured person and his family were in a stable mood. General Jiang was relieved. When he asked about the injured person's name and other conditions, Xiao Dong reported:

"This man, Chu, means savings, his name is Chafan, which means inspection and Fan, is 63 years old and is a retired editor of a publishing house.'

"Chu Chafan". Mr. Jiang seemed to find this name familiar. He remembered that when he was a child, there was a kid in the neighbor's house who was about his age. They used to play together. His full name was something like Chafan.

"How old do you think he is?" Mr. Jiang asked

"63 years old."

"Oh, more than that." Mr. Jiang thought the injured person should be over 70 years old.

“The ID card says he was born in 1958.” Secretary Dong worked carefully.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Mr. Jiang arrived at the traffic accident handling office on time. The other party's family representative was Mr. Chu's daughter. After the two met, they announced each other's names. Mr. Jiang wanted to confirm his impression, so he asked Mr. Chu's daughter:

"Ms. Chu, excuse me for asking: Did you live in the Huang Family Residence area in Fengqiao District before?"

"Yes, I was born there, so what?"

“We may have been neighbors.”

"Really?" Ms. Chu thought he was trying to get close to her, so she replied indifferently.

After everyone sat down, the police officer poured a glass of water for each of them. He said that after carefully reviewing the video footage at the time, Mr. Jiang's car did not directly hit Mr. Chu. Mr. Chu violated traffic rules and ran a red light. Mr. Jiang's car just turned around. Mr. Chu was startled and fell to the ground because he was weak. Fortunately, Mr. Jiang braked in time and did not cause a crush. After that, he played the video again for the two of them. During the playback, the police officer pointed out: Mr. Chu's walking state is not very good, and it seems that his legs and feet are a little weak. I hope that his family will take better care of him in the future. As for the determination of the responsibility for this accident, it is mainly because Mr. Chu ran a red light and violated traffic rules. He should bear 80% of the responsibility, and Mr. Jiang should bear 20% of the responsibility (but it did not explain what Mr. Jiang was at fault). As for compensation and other matters, you two can negotiate according to this proportional principle.

Mr. Jiang naturally understood, and said that he was driving yesterday and caused Mr. Chu to fall and get injured. He felt guilty and apologized to Mr. Chu's family. He was willing to bear all the medical expenses for Mr. Chu's injury and give some nutrition money. Mr. Chu's daughter thought that the other party's statement was good enough because her father violated the traffic rules and was mainly responsible for the accident. She wanted to say that she didn't want the nutrition money, but then she thought that fighting for more benefits would be a comfort to her mother, so she didn't mention it. She only thanked the police officer for handling the matter impartially and signed the traffic accident handling opinion.

That afternoon, General Manager Jiang asked his secretary to deposit 30,000 yuan in nutrition money into the account designated by Ms. Chu, and asked Xiao Dong to bring some nutrition products to visit Mr. Chu on his behalf. According to Xiao Dong's report: Because the injured person has severe osteoporosis, the fracture site is difficult to fix with a steel plate, and he will be prepared for hip replacement surgery. Because the patient's nutritional status is poor and the plasma protein is too low, he has been given an injection of protein preparations, and the surgery will be performed the next afternoon.

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Chu Chafan is from Jixi, Anhui Province. He graduated from the Chinese Department of a Normal University. He once worked as a Chinese teacher in a middle school in his hometown, worked as a reporter in a newspaper in the provincial capital, and finally worked as an editor in a publishing house. Chu Jun is very fond of this job of dealing with manuscripts every day. He works seriously and has made remarkable achievements. His wife is an elementary school teacher and has a daughter who graduated from a finance major and works in a local bank.

Thanks to the reform and opening up, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the economy is developing, and life is improving. The family is carefree and happy. Soon, his daughter got married. The son-in-law is a young bank manager with strong business ability and good character. Another year, the little grandson was born. His wife retired to help take care of him, which made life more fun.

During a one-year physical examination at the company, the prince was found to have high blood pressure and gallstones. These two are also common diseases. He took medicine according to the doctor's advice, but the doctor said: You must eat a light diet, otherwise cholecystitis and gallstones are minor issues, but severe high blood pressure that causes myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction is troublesome.

However, the prince always followed the rules and regulations, worked hard, and never paid attention to life. He was content with his food, clothing, housing and transportation. His diet was light, mainly vegetarian, and he occasionally ate fish and shrimp, but the amount was very limited. He also strictly controlled his food intake. Therefore, although he was about 1.7 meters tall, he weighed less than 55 kilograms. He looked thin and tall, with a pale and pale complexion. Fortunately, he had no serious illness. The prince had smoked for many years, thinking that it was necessary for writers, and had no intention of quitting smoking. He basically did not drink alcohol, and had no habit of exercising. Although he knew that exercise was good for health, he tried it before, but gave up because of physical exhaustion.

The crown prince was very self-disciplined and had a light diet. This time he was diagnosed with high blood pressure and gallstones. The doctor followed the usual dietary precautions and the crown prince felt that this was indeed the truth of the ancient saying "simple food is good for health", so he worked harder to follow it. As expected, he did not suffer from cholecystitis and gallstones, and his blood pressure dropped a lot.

Two years later, Chu Chafan retired. Without the pressure of work, he felt uncomfortable. One day, he suddenly thought that he had been editing books for his whole life, so why not write a book himself? Wouldn't it be good if it could teach people in society? What should he write about? His most experienced work was editing books, so he might as well write about his experience in editing books, but the "audience" was limited. Suddenly, he thought that it would be better to write about the topic of "simple food is good for health". He had some experience in this, and many people in society today were too careless in their diet, which led to illnesses from eating. Although nutrition was not his major, it should be okay to write about his own experience and personal experience. So he discussed this idea with his old colleagues in the company, and everyone agreed. The president also agreed. Chu Jun thought to himself that he had been engaged in writing work all his life, so it should be easy for him to write thousands of words, so he was full of confidence in this.

But when he started writing, Chu Chafan felt that he was not strong enough. His brain seemed to be a little slow and his physical strength was not as good as before. He thought: Oh, I am old, old, old after all. Chu Jun is a very hard-working person. He still does what he has to do. But gradually he felt that his eyesight was not good, especially in the evening. He often felt dizzy and weak in his limbs. His wife insisted that he go to the hospital to see a doctor. Which department should he see? His wife suggested: see a Chinese doctor and take medicine to regulate his body. Chu Jun agreed.

An old doctor in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, nearly eighty years old, with white hair and beard, ruddy complexion, and vigorous spirit, had to believe that he had a good way of treating the disease. The old doctor felt the pulse and examined the tongue, and diagnosed that the patient was deficient in both qi and blood. He prescribed the modified Eight Treasures Decoction as the main treatment, and advised him to increase nutrition. The prince went home and took the medicine devoutly, continued to write, and of course continued to eat simple meals.

After taking the medicine, he continued to take medicine. This went on for three months. The manuscript had made a lot of progress, and the prince's symptoms had also improved. That day, he went to the publishing house to check the information. When he returned, it was almost evening. The prince's eyesight was not good and he did not pay attention to the red light. Suddenly, he saw a car coming. He was startled and his feet were weak, and he finally fell to the ground.

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The orthopedic surgeon saw that the patient was quite weak. For the sake of surgical safety, he conducted a detailed full-body examination and diagnosed the patient with a right femoral neck fracture. In addition to hypertension and gallstones, he also suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, hypoproteinemia, anemia, sarcopenia, night blindness, etc. After making sufficient preparations, the director of the orthopedics department personally performed an artificial hip replacement surgery on the patient. The surgery was successfully completed, but the patient developed a fever, cough and asthma the next day. The internal medicine physician came for consultation and believed that the patient had been smoking for many years, resulting in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, malnutrition, low immunity, and lung infection. A large amount of antibiotics were used for treatment, and it took nearly a week for the patient to recover.

Another day, General Jiang came to visit in person accompanied by his secretary. When they met, they looked at each other carefully and recognized each other almost at the same time. They were indeed childhood playmates. They sighed and shook hands happily.

Chu Chafan was ready to be discharged from the hospital and go home to rest, but there was another diagnosis of "malnutrition" on the medical record. The orthopedic doctor advised that he needed to exercise walking after being discharged from the hospital, and it was expected that he would be able to fully recover his normal walking. He also specifically advised that he should go to the nutrition department of the hospital to find out the cause of the malnutrition and seek ways to improve it.

Chu Chafan was discharged from the hospital and went home. He gradually exercised and recovered his normal walking ability within half a month. He was very impressed by the progress of modern medicine. As for going to the nutrition clinic, Chu Jun thought that the reason why he was malnourished was because he lacked knowledge of nutrition and misunderstood the saying that simple food is good for health. "Simple food is good for health" is just an inspirational saying, not the truth of nutrition. He was ashamed to mention it again. But his wife insisted and accompanied him to the nutrition clinic.

There were not many patients in the nutrition department. The attending nutritionist was surnamed Gao, who was good at popularizing science. He talked freely during the consultation. Chu Jun also wanted to know more about nutrition. The two of them asked and answered each other. The clinic visit was like a nutrition knowledge popularization class. The main contents involved were as follows:

Nutrition is essential for life. All life activities such as growth, development, metabolism, etc. require nutritional support. Among nutrients, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are energy-supplying nutrients, while vitamins, minerals (or inorganic salts such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, etc.) and water are non-energy-supplying nutrients, all of which are necessary substances for the construction of the body. Among them, energy-supplying nutrients are the energy source for all body activities, including heartbeat, breathing, digestion, thinking, etc. Once they are lacking, they will definitely damage health and cause disease. However, water can carry a boat but can also overturn it. Excessive intake of nutrients can also lead to disease. Nowadays, my country's economy is developing and people's lives are improving. The more prominent nutritional problem is that people consume too much fat and sugar foods. Due to reduced physical activity and lack of physical exercise, energy is not fully consumed and converted into fat in the body, resulting in obesity, atherosclerosis, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc., while vegetables and fruits are not consumed enough, resulting in some vitamins and minerals. Therefore, it is of course good to emphasize light diet in publicity. However, different groups of people, such as children, adults, the elderly, pregnant women, nursing mothers, patients in recovery, etc., have different nutritional needs and cannot be generalized. Therefore, nutrition issues should be considered individually. Now that my country has entered an aging society, the nutritional problems of the elderly should be treated differently. Some elderly people do need to control their diet, especially the intake of fat and sugar foods, to cooperate with lipid-lowering and blood sugar-lowering treatments, and even require them to reduce energy intake, increase physical activities, and appropriately lose weight, which is beneficial to health. However, it should also be noted that the elderly's weakened digestion and absorption capacity, or due to a lack of correct understanding of nutritional issues, leads to nutritional deficiencies, which also have an adverse effect on health, and corresponding measures should be taken to improve.

When he was about to say goodbye, the crown prince suddenly remembered the question that had puzzled him for a long time and asked:

"I have been eating less fatty foods for many years and my daily diet is mostly vegetarian. How come I still have high blood pressure and gallstones?"

"There are many factors that cause high blood pressure, including family genetic factors and eating too much salt. There are also many factors that cause gallstones. The gallbladder is an organ that stores bile. When food, especially fatty food, enters the duodenum, the duodenum secretes cholecystokinin, which causes the gallbladder to contract and discharge bile into the intestine to help digestion. If there is too little fatty food, the bile in the gallbladder will not be easily renewed and will easily condense to form stones. Therefore, people who are vegetarians all year round often suffer from gallstones."

Chu Jun Daogu: His family does have a genetic factor for high blood pressure, and he does like to eat very salty food and rarely eats fatty food.

This nutrition clinic helped Chu Jun and his wife understand a lot of nutrition principles. It was really "one word from you is better than ten years of reading". Since then, Chu Jun and his wife have been working hard to improve according to scientific nutrition methods, and Chu Jun's health has improved day by day. Half a year later, when old colleagues met, they all said: Old Chu seemed like a different person.

There are two things to be explained at the end: First, after being discharged from the hospital, Chu Jun realized that he was actually responsible for the traffic accident, so he insisted on paying the medical expenses himself, but Mr. Jiang said that he was also responsible and insisted on paying. In the end, because Mr. Jiang had already paid the surgery fee in advance when he was admitted to the hospital, he had to give up. But Chu Jun still refunded Mr. Jiang's nutrition fee, and Mr. Jiang sent a lot of nutritional products, which was spread among friends. Second, Chu Jun had written half of it, so he naturally stopped writing it, and was glad that he didn't finish it and publish it to mislead the world. But after learning from the experience, Chu Jun was willing to share his own experience of nutrition issues with everyone, so he contacted his nutritionist Gao, who became his friend regardless of age, and the two of them worked together to write a popular science book called, which was very popular with readers after it was published.

Author: Health educator Yang Binghui