Heroin , cocaine , licorice , milk . Apart from being terrible consumables to offer a guest , they all have one thing in plebeian : you may overdose on all of them .
In a case report from 2012 , doctors account how one 54 - yr - old human find himself in a infirmary unit , after chugging an excess of cow ’s Milk River over the course of a couple of days . Far from just giving him really , really healthy bones , the military personnel pass several days in the intensive upkeep unit while doctors treated his " whitish " descent .
The patient showed up at Maasstad Hospital in Rotterdam , The Netherlands , with a number of complaints . As well as shortness of intimation and excessive sudation , he had an unquenchable thirst and was occur big volumes of piddle . Two days prior to his admission , the patient role had been diagnose with eccentric 2 diabetes by his oecumenical practitioner , but handling with Glucophage had not improved his symptom .
His heart rate was tight , his blood pressure level high , and his glucose layer were even higher ( in compare to the normal mountain chain ) . When stock samples were taken , the doctors noticed further problems , his blood appeared milky . An unexpected explanation was before long find .
" Medical history revealed that to quench his thirst , the patient role had drunk close to 22 l ( id est five and a one-half gallons ) of full fat Milk River per day for the past two days , " his doctors mention in the case report . " According to the nutritionary time value of milk , this implies 1,540 gm [ 54 troy ounce ] of protein , 1,980 grams [ 70 ounces ] of wampum and 1,496 grams [ 53 ounces ] of fat in just two days . "
The patient , given his " extremely in high spirits " glucose layer andtriglycerides(a type of fat in your blood ) was transferred to intensive care , due to his substantial peril of developing acute pancreatitis . Here , he was plow with blood plasma interchange and inadequate - acting insulin , successfully preventing the ( incredibly painful and often life - threatening ) onset of pancreatitis . After more monitoring , his pedigree return to acceptable point and he was discharge with insulin , Glucophage , and " lifestyle interventions " , which presumptively involve being told to dwell off the milk .
" Drinking Milk River is generally considered to be healthy , " the squad conclude . " In this caseful story however , it is manifest that tope a lot of Milk River can have serious implications . To our knowledge , such an increase level of triglycerides is one of the highest ever reported . "
The newspaper is published in theInternational Journal of Clinical Medicine .
