Doctors had to manually drain the blood to save his life.
In a rare medical case, a man’s blood became so thick with fat that it turned a milky color and had to be manually drawn out by doctors to save his life., involved a 39-year-old man from Germany who turned up at the emergency room suffering from nausea, vomiting, headache, malaise and slowly deteriorating alertness. He had been seen by a doctor two days earlier because of weight loss, vomiting and headaches that had been getting worse for several months.
Blood tests revealed he had extremely high levels of a type of fat called triglycerides. Normal levels are considered to be anything below 150 milligrams per deciliter. Very high levels are above 500 milligrams. The man had an extraordinary 14,000 milligrams. The levels of triglycerides were so high his blood had turned a milky color, LiveScience reports.
Further tests revealed the man had diabetic ketoacidosis, a dangerous complication of the disease where the body breaks down fat, leading to a build-up of acids in the blood. The high levels of triglycerides also put the man at risk of pancreatitis, where the pancreas becomes inflamed. They took a liter of blood and replaced it with blood cells and plasma, allowing the triglyceride levels to be reduced. They then drew another blood and replaced it with fluids. Eventually, the man’s triglyceride levels dropped low enough for the machine to take over—this time without clogging.
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