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A lone gamer narrowly escaped death after allegedly drinking a dozen cans of energy drink in 10 minutes in what he described as a "legendary trick" to amaze and entertain his co-workers.
The New York Post reported that Dr. Bernard Hsu presented the case in a YouTube video that recently resurfaced online and has garnered more than 6.5 million views since it was posted in September 2021. “This man drank 12 energy drinks in 10 minutes.
That's what happened to his organs," said Hsu, a clinical pharmacist whose YouTube channel Chubbyemu boasts more than 2.6 million subscribers, featuring amusing re-enactment videos of strange stories he's witnessed or heard about in the emergency room.
In this case, Dr. Hsu explains that the man identified by the initials JS, was hospitalized in the emergency room with "terrible stomach pains".
In the reconstruction, JS is described as a chubby, bespectacled 36-year-old man who is obsessed with Pokemon, video games, and things he didn't have as a child and struggles to fit in socially throughout his life.
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Hsu describes the ordeal in detail, telling viewers that after drinking the energy drinks, JS suffered heart flutter (or atrial flutter) and back pain.
He decided to drink a glass of alcohol and ended up throwing up in the kitchen sink.
"Right after he swallowed all 12 energy drinks, JS didn't feel well," Hsu said, adding: "To distract himself from everything, he started playing some games."
The gamer, who was then unable to eat or drink anything, delayed seeking medical attention for several hours, which, according to Dr. Hsu, ultimately resulted in the development of acute pancreatitis (or acute pancreatitis).
At the hospital, doctors made a shocking discovery: JS's pancreas had begun to "digest itself" as his body struggled to keep up with the kilos of sugar and the amounts of caffeine he had absorbed from the 12 cans.
His pancreas was swollen with fluids, Hsu said.
The fluid build-up became infected and his liver and kidneys began to block.
Doctors treated the gamer, who reportedly threw up on a nurse's shoes, with a fluid infusion and antibiotics before releasing him home.
The event, Hsu explained, was a "wake-up call" for the man.
His blood tests showed that he is in a state of pre-diabetes - a state in which the blood sugar levels do not meet the definition of diabetes, but they are also above the normal range.
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Right after he swallowed all 12 energy drinks, JS didn't feel well (Photo: screenshot, Chubbyemu)
Health experts have repeatedly warned of the danger of caffeinated drinks being as sweetened as energy drinks, especially when energy drink drinking challenges surfaced on TikTok and other social networks.
"Most people know that energy drinks can be dangerous when consumed in large quantities," Dr. Hsu told viewers. "If you drink one once in a while, and you're young and healthy, it's probably not a big deal.
But if you start swallowing many cans one after another, bad things are probably going to happen."
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