Man drinks 12 energy drinks at once and almost died of acute pancreatitis

Abusing caffeinated beverages can have deadly consequences, as Dr. Bernard Hsu, an American doctor and youtuber, shares the cases he or his colleagues have treated. In one video, he reported the condition of a man who nearly died after drinking 12 cans of energy drinks in 10 minutes. His body reacted and he developed acute pancreatitis, an inflammatory process in which pancreatic enzymes carry out the pancreas’s self-digestion.

The patient, identified only as “JS”, was a 36-year-old video game gamer. He was taken to the hospital after he came to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Initially, he didn’t tell the pediatricians that he drank too many cans of energy drinks found in the office of the company JS worked for. Youtuber says that the pain occurs as soon as he takes the liquid, but the patient waits for a day to go to the hospital.

The doctor said that instead of seeking medical attention, the man decided to play to distract himself, even though his heart was beating. Then his back started hurting and he decided to take a dose of liquor to cure his symptoms. But the idea didn’t work out and he eventually threw up. From that moment on he could no longer eat or drink anything, not even water. At that time, JS called the emergency services and was hospitalized.

Initial tests showed high levels of glucose in the patient’s blood, resulting from a buildup of more than 600 grams of sugar that his body absorbed when he drank 12 cans of energy drinks. According to the doctor, in the composition of each of them there is about 50 grams of sugar. Additionally, other lab results showed that JS had high amounts of fat-breaking enzymes, indicating to doctors that his pancreas had begun to digest itself.

Acute pancreatitis also caused a bacterial and fungal infection in her abdomen, so she had to undergo antibiotic treatment and stay in the hospital for several days. With appropriate medical treatment, he recovered and left with a “renewed sense of life,” Dr. hsu.

The doctor concludes by warning everyone that such cases can happen to anyone, especially those who consume energy drinks frequently. Because of the difficulty of analyzing a patient’s pancreas, he highlights that “there is an association between excessive energy expenditure and pancreatitis,” although there are no studies that can definitively establish the cause of the disease.