The Central Tropical Diseases Hospital (Hanoi) has just received the treatment of a 41 -year -old man hospitalized in critical condition, exhaustion, and emaciated.This patient previously drank 10 liters of alkaline ionic water mixed with salt to purify the body to heal, resulting in a drop of 10 kg, muscle atrophy, increased liver enzymes ...

Many people are critical

Family members said the patient had a history of chronic bronchitis.Looking to a healer, the patient was told to drink alkaline water to mix salt to purify, healthier, this course for 18 days, 10 liters a day, not eating or drinking.After the course, he appeared high fever with cough, sputum, tired.Despite being transferred urgently at two medical facilities, the disease did not improve, so the family moved to the Central Tropical Diseases Hospital.

Here, the test results show that the level of protein in the blood is low, the patient has muscle atrophy and loss of subcutaneous fat, weak muscles, the liver enzyme index increases nearly 5 times compared to normal.Doctors identify patients with dengue fever, pneumonia and exhausted on chronic bronchitis.Luckily taken to the hospital promptly, if continuing to drink alkaline ion water without eating more, the likelihood of death is very high.

Another case related to drinking alkaline ionized water did not survive was a 47 -year -old man.This person has severe stomach cancer but refuses to treat in the hospital but goes home to drink alkaline water, does not eat and becomes exhausted, dies only 3 weeks later.According to Dr. Ha Hai Nam, Deputy Head of the abdominal department 1 - K Hospital (Hanoi), the patient could not surgery due to the widespread tumor.Doctors advise chemicals to improve their physical condition, prolong life.The patient has refused to treat, please go home to drink alkaline water to increase resistance, lose weight, stabilize blood pressure, detoxify, shrink tumors, do not eat to starve cancer cells."Because this is the choice, the faith of the patient, it is very difficult to convince," said Dr. Nam.

According to cancer experts, the human body always stabilizes the amount of ion in a certain limit.Basically include 4 types of sodium, potassium, chlorine, HCO3- and the body is always in an alkaline balance - acidosis showing pH in the range of 7.35 - 7.45.For patients with cancer, it is necessary to understand that the environment of tumor is acidic, acid (lack of oxygen, metabolism of sugar exceeds norms, lactate metabolism).This makes cancer cells always live in an extremely cramped environment, high density, acid, so they become "monsters" soaked in acid.This environment is so toxic that it makes it difficult for immune cells to access and attack cancer cells, and antibodies are almost paralyzed.But the whole body environment is still in a state of alkaline balance - acidosis, if the body is acidosis or alkaline infection, it will fall into emergency.

"Holy God", there is no scientific basis

According to our research, over the past time, many people spread each other about the use of alkaline ionized water.On the network of many imported alkaline water purifiers online, it is offered for sale from several tens of millions to hundreds of millions.This is a small amount of money but still many families are willing to invest.The reason is because these products are advertised to create a "precious water" that will not be found in common water, with many uses such as: enhance health, digestive support;Extremely powerful antioxidant helps slow aging, neutralizing free radicals causing many chronic diseases;Dash excess fat and eliminate toxins for each cell;Helps bone, beautiful skin ... With this ad, plus the features of alkaline ionized water are inflated, especially in the treatment of incurable diseases including cancer, through the path of "whisper", "word of mouth" makes many people believe that drinking alkaline ionized water will cure the disease.

Many experts believe that bottled alkaline ionized water contains an important component of electrolytes, good for the body but not a medicine.This type of water cannot help replace medicine.For patients with cancer, they are often desperate and have the psychology of "having the disease, the quadrilateral" should often look to unofficial treatments, in which they are sowed hope to "cure cancer".Listening to anti -scientific treatments such as fasting, drinking alkaline ion water, not using Western medicine ... Not only does it lose the body's resistance, causing cancer cells to grow quickly butAlso skip the golden stage of cancer treatment.

Doctor Vo Duc Linh, the Department of Positive Resuscitation - Central Tropical Hospital, said the drinking of alkaline ionized water has no scientific basis, does not help replace medicine.If the long -term application is applied with a large content, it can change the normal pH level of the body, causing alkaline metabolism, leading to nausea, vomiting, muscle seizures, tremor of limbs.When combined with drinking alkaline water with fasting will make the body exhausted seriously, making the infection more severe, treating difficult.Many people believe that alkaline water can help neutralize excess acids in the body or eat alkaline -rich foods that help alkaline blood and prevent tumors."But so far, no research has confirmed that drinking alkaline water can only treat stomach and cancer. People fasting the immune system will decline, faster and death and death" - Doctor Linh LinhRecommendation.

"Instead of believing that drinking alkaline ionized water can prevent cancer or cure cancer, you should live scientifically, limit alcohol, tobacco, know how to prevent, eat foods of origin, limited, limitedClear use ... The treatment must be consulted by the physician " - an expert emphasized.