Surgeons in China who removed 420 kidney stones from a single patient
blamed the man’s tofu-heavy and water-light diet for the condition.
Doctors at the Dongyang City People’s Hospital said the
patient, identified as Mr. Ho, 55, complained of stomach pain in May and
a CT scan of his left kidney revealed it was filled with 420 stones.
Dr. Wei Yubin told the Quianjiang Evening Post the man’s love of tofu
and lack of water likely led to his condition.
“Soy products, especially gypsum tofu, are very high in calcium, the
excess of which cannot be excreted from the body without a sufficient
intake of water,” he said.
Doctors said Ho, who previously had 10 kidney stones removed about 20
years ago, could have lost his kidney if he had waited any longer to
receive medical attention. The man’s uncomfortable condition may have
been painful, but it fell far short of a world record — Guinness World Records said a surgeon in India removed 172,155 kidney stones from a patient’s left kidney in 2009
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