Uncle Niu (pseudonym) in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province inexplicably suffered acute kidney injury. Unexpectedly, the "culprit" turned out to be purslane. Picture source: Internet. Because an emergency occurred, Uncle Niu was sent to the hospital by his family for treatment. After the

63-year-old Uncle Niu (pseudonym) in Taizhou, Zhejiang

Inexplicably showed up Acute kidney injury

I never expected

"culprit" turned out to be purslane

Picture source online

Because of an emergency, Uncle Niu was sent to the hospital by his family for treatment. After the doctor's consultation, it was found that Uncle Niu had no underlying diseases in his kidneys before, and there was nothing suspicious about the drugs used to control blood sugar.

The attending physician then asked questions about his recent food, "Have you eaten something you haven't eaten recently?" Uncle Niu replied, "I ate the wild vegetable purslane a week ago." The doctor asked, "How is purslane? How many meals did you eat?" Uncle Niu's wife said that purslane is fast fried. After two days of eating, the doctor knew it in his heart and immediately asked Uncle Niu to do kidney puncture pathology.

As expected, "Interstitial tubules damage, renal tubules crystallization formed." Uncle Niu's pathological results verified the doctor's conjecture, acute renal injury. Fortunately, the treatment was timely, Uncle Niu's kidney function was restored and he had recovered and was discharged from the hospital.

This pathology

How can we verify that

is acute kidney injury caused by purslane?

Before eating, remember to blanch

"Purslane is rich in oxalic acid. In a short period of time, it is easy to form oxalic acid crystals." oxalic acid crystals are easy to block renal tubules . Once the renal tubules are blocked, metabolic toxins in the body cannot be excreted out of the body in time and accumulate. This is the direct reason for the sudden increase in creatinine.

Can purslane still be eaten?

purslane can be eaten. One thing to note is that before eating, oxalic acid is dissolved in water. The blanching process can remove a lot of oxalic acid. In addition, if you eat a large amount of unblanched purslane in a short period of time and a large amount of oxalic acid becomes crystallized, it is very likely to cause acute kidney damage, especially for patients who usually have kidney disease foundation or those with other metabolic diseases.

In fact, in daily life,

We have many vegetables that we often eat

, such as bitter melon, spinach, etc., also contain a lot of oxalic acid.

So when eating this type of vegetables, it is best to have a blanching process to remove oxalic acid.

If consuming vegetables containing a lot of oxalic acid,

will experience symptoms such as decreased urine and swelling in the body.

Please seek medical treatment as soon as possible to check whether there is any kidney damage.

If acute kidney damage is not treated in time,

will develop into chronic kidney disease .

( Zhejiang University First Hospital , FM93 Voice of Traffic)