September 13, 2010

• My favorite Bezoar

  Let’s start with a few definitions (links to sources by clicking on words… ps, please click).

  Bezoar:  A ball of swallowed material that collects in the stomach and fails to pass through the intestines.

  BMI:  Body Mass Index.  Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women

  A Michigan Unit:  This is a term applied to people to be politically correct without their knowledge.  One Michigan Unit is 200 pound (some people use 1 MI = 100kg as well).

  Snickers:  A delicious candy bar with 273 calories per bar.

  Now the story begins.

  A patients “walks” into the Emergency department for abdominal pain.  His BMI is 66.  That is high.  His estimated weight is roughly three Michigan Units.  As it turns out, he had eaten 24 full sized snickers bars.  I think you might have missed it… TWENTY-FOUR snickers bars.  As it turns out he might just be the first person in history to actually have a Snickers Bezoar. 

  …that last picture came up when I went to google images and typed “snickers bezoar.” I have no idea why either.

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