A 36-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition with milky white plasma and acute necrotic pancreatitis due to a sudden spike in blood fat levels after the Tet holiday.
Mr. Tien, 48, experienced abdominal pain and vomiting after a week of year-end drinking, leading doctors to diagnose acute pancreatitis and dyslipidemia, which caused his plasma to become cloudy yellow like milk.
A 35-year-old man was hospitalized with acute pancreatitis, experiencing "back-tearing" pain and fainting, after regularly consuming more than ten cans of beer each night.