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Earphone Wire Surgically Removed From Shenzhen Man’s Urinary Tract

Posted: 05/22/2014 7:09 pm

earphone holderWhen a 32 year-old Shenzhen man named Luo came seeking treatment for a urinary tract infection, he didn’t tell them everything at first. It took a while, but Luo finally told doctors the reason why he was in so much pain: Luo had stuck an earphone wire into his urethra, and it got stuck inside his body.

Xu Chang, Vice-Head of Urology at the Shenzhen Shuguang Hospital, stated Luo had been suffering from numerous urinary tract infections. Unable to tolerate the pain, Luo was recommended to stick an earphone wire into his penis and up into his bladder to remove the obstruction by a friend as a “home remedy”.

Luo tried this procedure several times, but last month he was not careful and the wire entered his bladder and got lost within his body.

On the afternoon of May 21, a 20 minute minimally invasive surgery was able to remove 45 cm of wire from Luo’s body. By this time, the wire had already tangled itself around a urinary tract stone.

We’re going to go with the doc on this one, who said:

Using an earphone wire to clear an obstruction in your urinary tract is complete nonsense. If there is an inflammation of any kind, you should visit a reputable hospital to receive medical treatment.

Sounds like good medical advice. We don’t recommend you do this either, but should you impossibly reject the words of Deputy Department Head of Urology, we would only hope that your playlists be rocking out with suitable soundtrack that consists of:

  • anything by Steely Dan
  • Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer“
  • Led Zeppelin, “Moby Dick” (for the drum solo, man, though The Lemon Song would do as well)
  • Bull Moose Jackson, “Big Ten Inch“
  • Whitesnake, Greatest Hits
  • entire discography of ZZ Top
  • and everything else recorded after 2002

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Cantonese Speakers The Most Susceptible to Nose and Throat Cancer: Report

Posted: 04/17/2014 3:32 pm

throat and nose cancer guangdong We already know that lung cancer is leading cause of death in Guangzhou, but it turns out air pollution may have nothing to do with the high cancer rates. Instead, a report in the Guangzhou Daily says Cantonese speakers have a higher susceptibility to contracting nose and throat cancer no matter where they live throughout the world. What? Gao mat guai yeh?

The report doesn’t explain exactly why that is, but does paint a bleak picture about cancer in Guangdong. For every five deaths in the province, one is attributed to the disease. Furthermore, statistics show those in southern provinces – particularly Guangdong – are most at risk. The World Health Organization states that 80% of all throat and nose cancer cases world-wide occur in China; in turn, 80% of these take place in the eight southern provinces of China of which, in turn, Guangdong has the highest number of cases.

April 15-21 is National Tumor Prevention Week in China. To promote awareness, data culled from the Guangdong tumor registry in 2009 reveal a much bleaker perspective regarding cancer in the Sunshine Province.throat and nose cancer guangdong

The horrifying highlights include:

  • The rate of contracting nose and throat cancer by Guangdong residents is five times that of any one else in China.
  • One in every 10,000 Guangdong residents will get cancer.
  • The incidence of nose and throat cancer for Guangdong men is one for every 6,230 men.
  • Guangdong men are 2.5 times more likely to contract it over women,
  • One out of every 12,500 Guangdong men will die from nose and throat cancer.

 

The stats are scary, and point to a particular problem down here, but is Cantonese it? What is it about being Cantonese that could possibly be the reason behind this? Is it speaking a tonal language with superfluous tones? Penance for having birthed William Hung to the world? That virgin boy eggs are, in fact, a thing? It’s just not fair.

Detection of cancer within the first five years has a survival rate of 80%. Do yourself a favor: get plenty of rest, catch up on Game of Thrones while taking a warm bath, and go see a doctor to get yourself regularly checked.

Photo: sxgov.cn, Guangzhou Daily

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Guangdong’s first hospital for foreigners to open in Shekou in Shenzhen within 3 years

Posted: 02/19/2013 1:08 pm

An international hospital will be opened in Shenzhen’s expat-heavy Shekou area by 2016, Shenzhen Daily reports. Managed by a Singaporean company, it will service expats in Shenzhen who have overseas medical insurance cards.

It will be the first of its kind in Guangdong Province. The paper has more:

“The hospital will be located near Shenzhen Bay Yacht Club and completed around 2015 or 2016 if everything goes smoothly,” Ouyang Fang, a spokesperson for China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone, said yesterday.

Around a third of Shenzhen’s 400,000 expats live in Shekou. Two clinics in the area, SOS and Canam, offer only simple treatment.

Many expats encounter a language barrier and other problems at hospitals in the Pearl River Delta. You can read about one expat’s horror story in a local hospital here.

Many expats cross the border to Hong Kong for medical treatment, but this is expected to change when the international hospital opens.

Do you do the same? You may even have a positive experience in a Chinese hospital. If so, we’d like to hear it.

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