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A Man Ate Only Instant Noodles For 6 Months. This Is What Happened To His Organs.

Chubbyemu

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Patient GN by Wolfgang Nelson, Sarah by Joanna Ferbrache, PA Tristyn Smith
In-depth channel: ‪@HemeReview‬
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Timestamp:
0:00 A Man Ate 600 Pounds Ramen Over 6 Months
0:18 He isn't pregnant, but he's here 😳 to deliver
0:32 An important 🥶 history
1:16 Noodle 🍜 Good
2:10 Is this stress 😳 or is something else 🤔 going on here
3:06 I'd have my wife to drive me too instead of getting charged $9000 for 🚑 ambulance via high deductible unsurance
3:39 Gut health 😌 very important
5:06 Have you ever eaten noodles 🍜 so good that you look like this?
6:35 haha water go 😳 glug glug
8:00 What if we 😳 deamidated our glutamine residues 😳 after lunch
9:28 Pack it up boys 👨‍⚕️ everything's cured
10:00 noooo u cant just eat 4 pounds of instant noodles everyday
10:45 I have no idea what my husband is doing but I think he's smuggling forbidden noodles into his workplace
11:24 What 😲 are 😲 those
12:54 New Oma
13:41 U think 🤔 it's refractory but how can we be sure?
14:43 This is what the noodles revealed was happening in his gut

These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.

References:

Overview and pathogenesis of celiac disease. https://www.gastrojournal.org/article...

Celiac disease: a comprehensive current review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

A case of celiac disease with hallucinations. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Update on the Pathogenesis of Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Recent advances upper gastrointestinal lymphomas: molecular updates and diagnostic implications. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33382...

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Refractory Celiac Disease Type II Transformed into Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.73...

Enteropathy-type intestinal T-cell lymphoma: clinical features and treatment of 31 patients in a single center. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10673...

How I treat enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma. https://ashpublications.org/blood/art...

Treatment response in enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma; survival in a large multicenter cohort. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25716...

Enteropathy Associated T Cell Lymphoma – A Case Report of An Uncommon Extranodal T Cell Lymphoma. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

20 Comments

@chubbyemu Creator 2 years ago Pinned

What if we 😳 deamidated our glutamine residues 😳 after lunch

PS whether or not you have GN's health issues, eating this extreme for that long will cause nutritional deficiency, of which the symptoms will look similar to what GN had

@CaptTerrific 2 years ago

Last time I ate 100lbs of ramen/month, I was awarded a Bachelor's degree

@Poppyfacetomate 1 year ago

“He’s not pregnant, but he’s here to deliver” is an unbelievably cold line

@garr123 2 years ago

This actor deserves an oscar, an emmy, and a grammy.

@leowidows 1 year ago

describing poop as "sloppy" is something i absolutely never wanted to hear

@nicolijonhson5690 2 years ago

"He isn't pregnant, but he is here to deliver" Has me dieing in my bed.

@Beepballs 2 years ago

I got the notification for this while eating cup noodles 😭

@SteedRuckus 2 years ago (edited)

If you're ever feeling bad about your choices in life, just remember that this man went from swallowing an earbud to becoming a world-renowned doctor, to a sketchy food truck operator, and then back to eating 600 lbs of noodles & telling a nurse he's not pregnant but "here to deliver", without missing a beat.

@BigBearOfTX 1 year ago

The picture of him sitting in the chair with his eyes rolled back and like 20 ramen noodle cups piled on him had be laughing for no reaon 😂 5:08

@rannvamacdonaldarnskov4794 2 years ago

I want to thank you @Chubbyemu. I had had bloating, nausea and abdominal pain for a year and the doctors couldnt figure out why when this video released.
My blood test showed no antibodies, so my GP told me it wasnt celiac but she was gonna refer me to a specialist since nothing had improved over a year.
After biopsy and genotype testing im now diagnosed with celiac without anitbody production, and having my first meeting with a dietitian tomorrow.

@magnificenttrainwreckmedia 2 years ago (edited)

When I saw ramen for 6 months on a chubbyemu video I was terrified of my own past ramen habits…that is until he mentioned celiac disease. That was a sigh of relief.

@Shayllissx 2 years ago

GN has hypernoodleemia.
Hyper- meaning high, noodle meaning noodle and -emia meaning presence in blood

@therealjibrano 1 year ago (edited)

"im not pregnant, but im here to deliver" what a raw ass line from such a non raw ass situation

@AmenProletar 2 years ago

I feel sorry for his situation. He obviously went through harsh conditions. I'm happy he got a supportive wife and especially a diagnosis (although late). Glad he could recover from that condition.

@alicewyan 2 years ago

Kudos to the actor for suffering so many physical conditions as dedication to his craft

@kikicogger2284 2 years ago

When I saw the title and heard that the man came in with delusions, my first thought was “Huh, I have to wonder if he has Celiac’s disease like the woman in the “A Woman Drank a Liter of Soy Sauce” video.” And I was right! It goes to show how good Chubbyemu is at teaching complex medical subjects when I can remember, understand and apply information from a video he released 4 years ago. Thank you for the work you put into educating your audience- it’s working.

@anitathecherry 1 year ago

4:05 "mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"😔

@semajoiranilom7176 2 years ago

The actors doing the reenactment were epic and I had to chuckle at the instant noodle containers all over his body while he seizures part.

@noelcollins2355 2 years ago

Celiac patient here. I cook my own food and it is mostly bland. The hardest part for me is not the cooking part or scrutinizing every bit of food that gets to my mouth but the belittling from family members or "friends" that think I am exaggerating especially when I say I don't eat in any restaurant or accept food without knowing where and how it was cooked. Celiac disease is an esoteric topic and most people will look at you as crazy or outright mock you when you try to explain it.

@TeeKing 2 years ago

My teenaged son once told me that you could gauge someone's financial condition by how many packets of Ramen were in the pantry. He's now 40; I hope he eats better now. I do.