When it comes to gasoline, people immediately think of automobiles, the Middle East, oil prices, and so on.
But in a **, gasoline has become a "drink" that an old man in Chongqing has been drinking for many years.
This old man's name is Chen Dejun, and he is over 70 years old, and he has a history of "drinking oil" for more than 40 years.
According to Chen Dejun, as long as he feels uncomfortable, he will take a sip of oil, and a box that can hold three or four liters of oil can last him for a month at most.
This means that he has to drink at least six or seven catties of oil every month.
According to Chen Dejun, in the past 40 years, he has conservatively estimated that he has drunk more than a ton of gasoline.
If this ton of oil is calculated according to the fuel consumption of 7 liters per 100 kilometers, it can almost travel more than 20,000 kilometers, which can spare the earth's equator for half a lap.
When the reporter asked Chen Dejun why he drank oil, his answer surprised everyone.
"This thing can heal! ”
In 2011, a 70-year-old man drinking gasoline ** sparked a heated discussion among netizens.
In **, an old man with gray hair and beard pours a canister of gasoline into a cup.
When the pale yellow transparent gasoline filled the small cup, the old man craned his neck and drank it.
The terrifying operation of the old man drinking gasoline directly made netizens blow up.
For a while, comments questioning the bottom line of hype and doubting the authenticity of gasoline filled the comment area.
In order to find out the truth of the matter, after inquiring about the situation, Chongqing reporters went to Shuanghe Village.
Shuanghe Village is a village in Shuijiang Town, Nanchuan, Chongqing, which was not well known before.
When He Peng came to Shuanghe Village, facing the curious villagers, He Peng asked about the situation in a friendly manner.
In the face of the reporter's inquiry, Chen Aiwen, a villager of Shuanghe Village, gave a positive answer:"It's true that he drinks gasoline. ”
Chen Aiwen is a former neighbor of Chen Dejun, an old man who drinks oil, and knows Chen Dejun's situation very well.
According to Chen Aiwen, Chen Dejun drinking oil is a fact that everyone in the village knows, and some middle-aged people in the village have seen Chen Dejun drink oil since childhood, and his habit of drinking oil has lasted for more than 40 years.
When He Peng inquired about Chen Dejun's location at this time and wanted to understand the situation in person, Chen Aiwen quietly pulled him aside and said in a low voice:"You'd better not look for him. ”
Don't look for him? Chen Aiwen's statement made He Peng confused, and years of journalist literacy made him instantly alert.
Could it be that what he said before was false? Want to fool us through? But what is the picture?
Facing He Peng's questioning eyes, Chen Aiwen continued to explain in a low voice:"He's not normal. ”
Under Chen Aiwen's explanation, He Peng figured out the reason for this matter.
Chen Aiwen didn't lie before, the reason why he asked reporters to stop looking for Chen Dejun was because Chen Dejun no longer looked like a normal person.
It turned out that since Chen Dejun was drinking oil, his behavior was opposed by everyone in the family.
Tran's wife and three sons persuaded him every day to stop drinking oil, and even hid his oil bottles many times.
In 2003, in order to prevent his "big plan for drinking oil" from being ruined, Chen Dejun moved out of his house in 2003 to live alone outside the village, and opened up a few acres of land in the mountains to be self-sufficient.
This kind of behavior directly made the village, which was already a lot of gossip, even more lively, and the villagers all talked about Chen Dejun's strange behavior.
After discovering that he had been instructed for drinking oil, Chen Dejun simply closed himself off and barely spoke to the villagers.
Drinking oil every day, coupled with self-isolation, directly made Chen Dejun look extremely weird.
In the eyes of the villagers, Chen Dejun is completely an abnormal human being with mental problems.
As a neighbor for many years, although he has had a lot less contact with Chen Dejun, Chen Aiwen still hopes that he can live a good life and does not want him to encounter any more pressure.
After learning about this situation, He Peng smiled and explained to Chen Aiwen the purpose of the reporter's visit.
He also promised Chen Aiwen that the reporter was not only here to find out the truth, but also to provide effective help to Chen Dejun after figuring out what happened, after all, it is really not a matter to drink oil all the time.
After the reporter's explanation, Chen Aiwen agreed to the reporter's request to lead the way, and hoped that the reporter must help the old neighbor.
Under the guidance of Chen Aiwen, He Peng and others came to Chen Dejun's location.
A thatched house on a hill outside the village.
It was not easy to get here, and in order to get away from the villagers, Chen Dejun had to walk more than half an hour from the village on the hill.
On the way, Chen Aiwen also introduced some information about Chen Dejun to He Peng.
According to Chen Aiwen, Chen Dejun was very capable when he was young, had a developed business acumen, had a good handicraft, and was well-known in the local area by making and trading stone and bamboo products, but since drinking oil, he has become a "freak" who is shunned by people in the village.
Under the guidance of Chen Aiwen, He Peng met Chen Dejun.
Chen Dejun is about 1.5 meters tall, with a thin body with a distinct skeleton, and a gray beard and hair hanging down casually on his face.
On the table next to Chen Dejun there was a plastic plastic pot that weighed five or six pounds, and on the small wooden bench was a wine glass of about 5 yuan.
When He Peng walked towards Chen Dejun, he was greeted by a strong smell of gasoline.
Although on the way, He Peng had already learned from Chen Aiwen that Chen Dejun had a gasoline smell all over his body because he drank gasoline all year round, but the strong and pungent smell still shocked He Peng.
Enduring the discomfort, He Peng stepped forward to communicate with Chen Dejun.
What He Peng didn't expect was that it didn't take long for him to find out about the strangeness of this old man who was regarded as a freak by the villagers.
During the conversation, He Peng found that Chen Dejun had no thinking or mental problems at all, and his mind was much clearer than that of the old man of the same year.
When asked why Chen Dejun was so normal and why he wanted to live alone, Chen Dejun replied frankly"I'm annoyed by nagging and don't want to be gossiped about. ”
Under the communication with Chen Dejun, He Peng finally figured out the reason why the old man had been drinking oil for more than 40 years.
The first time Chen Dejun drank oil was in 1969.
Chen Dejun was 29 years old at the time, and he was approached by a strange illness that year.
During a labor, Chen Dejun, who was in good health, suddenly felt a strong discomfort in his body, panicked and depressed, and lost his strength all over his body.
At the beginning, Chen Dejun only felt that he was too tired recently, and thought that it would be good to rest and recuperate.
But what he didn't expect was that the disease did not alleviate with time at all, but caused him to have the sequelae of coughing at every turn.
After discovering that this disease really could not be delayed, Chen Dejun went to the local hospital for examination.
However, Chen Dejun went to many local hospitals, but none of them found out the cause of his illness, and only prescribed some drugs for him to try back.
None of these medicines worked, and Chen Dejun still coughed with chest tightness at every turn.
There is no rule of law in the hospital, but always coughing is not a thing, so under the introduction of an acquaintance, Chen Dejun began to use home remedies - drinking kerosene.
"I took the medicine that should have been taken, and the cough was not good, and later an acquaintance gave me a home remedy to drink kerosene. ”
For the method of drinking kerosene to cure diseases, at first, Chen Dejun didn't want to try it, but he couldn't bear the physical discomfort, so he still endured it and tried it.
"At first, I drank it in small cups, and the smell was unpleasant, so I had to hold my breath to drink it. ”
For Chen Dejun, drinking kerosene is not a good experience, and he is forced to drink it.
The first experience of drinking kerosene was not good, not long after drinking kerosene for the first time, Chen Dejun found that his stomach was very uncomfortable, burning and hurting, and he even couldn't get up from bed.
But after an hour or so, Chen Dejun unexpectedly found that his body actually had strength, his chest was no longer tight, and he didn't cough much.
This situation surprised Chen Dejun.
After tasting the sweetness, in the years that followed, Chen Dejun was gone forever on the road of drinking oil to cure diseases.
As long as Chen Dejun encounters symptoms such as cough or chest tightness and fatigue, he will directly drink a sip of kerosene as an antidote.
After enduring the initial discomfort, Chen Dejun slowly got used to this kind of living habits, and even made kerosene an indispensable part of his life.
Chen Dejun drank this for 37 years, until with China's energy transition, Chen Dejun found that kerosene is becoming more and more difficult to buy.
In the old days, Chen Dejun's kerosene was obtained by Yuan Kuanping from the same village, who worked in the Fuling Mine and could get more than ten or twenty catties of kerosene for Chen Dejun every month.
However, with the transformation of China's energy structure, kerosene has gradually withdrawn from the historical stage.
When kerosene was no longer easy to buy, Chen Dejun slowly set his sights on gasoline.
After a trial of drinking gasoline, Chen Dejun directly threw away the habit he had maintained for 37 years and switched to drinking gasoline.
For the taste of gasoline, Chen Dejun is very satisfied"Gasoline works better than kerosene and tastes more pure. ”
When He Peng asked Chen Dejun how much oil he drank every day, Chen Dejun's answer shocked everyone.
"There is no ration every day, I drink it if I am uncomfortable, I save it when I make an appointment, and this pot can only be managed for a month, but most of the time it is not good. ”
When Chen Dejun faced the inquiry, he patted the oil pot next to him that was estimated to be five or six catties long.
According to Chen Dejun, he has changed a lot of oil pots over the years, and he doesn't count how much he drinks.
The place where Chen Dejun gets his oil is at the gas station at the foot of the mountain.
"His oil jug is the same as the jug on the drunkard's body, and he almost never leaves him. ”Chen Aiwen on the side added.
Chen Dejun's amount of oil made He Peng very shocked.
According to Chen Dejun, the five or six catties of oil in this pot can not last for a month if he saves and saves, so he has to drink at least six or seven catties of oil a month before.
He Peng made a rough estimate and found that the old man had probably drunk more than a ton of oil over the years, which was too terrifying for human beings.
Talking about the feeling of drinking oil now, Chen Dejun sighed and said frankly"Gasoline and kerosene don't smell good, and when I drink it, it's even more heartbroken, and every time I drink it, I feel uncomfortable for a while. ”
It turns out that although he has been drinking oil for many years, even now Chen Dejun still has not fully adapted to the feeling of drinking oil, in order to make himself feel better, Chen Dejun now chooses to drink oil before going to bed at night.
"When you fall asleep, you don't know anything."
When it comes to drinking oil, Chen Dejun's helplessness is clearly revealed.
In the conversation with Chen Dejun, He Peng knew that the other party actually didn't want to drink oil, but it was really uncomfortable not to drink oil.
"I'm old, how expensive it is to spend money on treatment, as long as my body has the strength to work, drinking some gasoline is nothing. ”Chen Dejun said with a sigh.
After discovering Chen Dejun's drinking of oil, He Peng immediately decided to contact the hospital for Chen Dejun's examination.
Regarding Chen Dejun's situation, the doctors of Chong**lou Hospital gave a certain guess after the consultation.
Huang Rulun, director of the Department of General Surgery at Red House Hospital, believes that Chen Dejun's chest tightness, cough and other problems may be due to stomach problems, but if he wants to make a final judgment, he needs to undergo specific examinations.
After learning about Chen Dejun's specific situation, the Red House Hospital decided to conduct a free mechanical fitness examination for the elderly**, but to people's surprise, Chen Dejun refused the hospital's kindness.
When they learned that the hospital was willing to see Chen Dejun, Chen Dejun's wife and son were overjoyed and went to the mountains to persuade Chen Dejun to go to the hospital.
But neither the reporter nor the persuasion of his family could make Chen Dejun change his mind and go to the hospital.
Seeing that Chen Dejun could not be allowed to come, the Red House Hospital directly sent a doctor to check it, but due to the limited equipment, the test effect was definitely not as good as going to the hospital for examination.
Under the on-site examination by the doctor, Chen Dejun's physical condition was revealed.
The test report showed that Chen Dejun was basically normal except for obvious emphysema, with a blood pressure of 130 80 mm Hg and a pulse of 90 minutes.
After failing to detect other problems, even though the doctor invited Chen Dejun to the hospital for a more detailed examination, Chen Dejun still chose to refuse, he felt that his illness was enough to drink oil, and he did not need the hospital to intervene.
In the face of Chen Dejun's resolute attitude, the doctor had no choice but to give up, and came back when he asked Chen Dejun to figure it out before leaving, and warned him that drinking oil to cure the disease was not reliable.
When word spread about Tran's condition, doctors from other hospitals also expressed their views on Tran's condition.
In the opinion of Associate Professor Feng Xiaoxia of the Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Intensive Medical College, Chen Dejun has been drinking oil for many years, and it is likely that there is a problem with the taste system, and the brain mistakenly thinks gasoline for something like alcohol.
Regarding the statement that drinking oil cures diseases, Feng Xiaoxia said:"Drinking these things may numb the pain, but it has no effect on the **. ”
Regarding Chen Dejun's behavior of drinking oil for more than 40 years, Professor Zhou Renjie, director of the emergency department of Xinqiao Hospital, said.
Strictly speaking, this habit of his is pica, a psychological disease, which is similar to some common "alcohol dependence", "drug dependence" and other diseases, for him, he needs psychological counseling more. ”
Like other doctors, Zhou Xiangdong, director of the respiratory department of Southwest Hospital, also thinks that it is nonsense"It's more of a psychological effect. ”
Although many doctors have expressed their attitude, Chen Dejun, who has always been stubborn and even prefers to live alone from home in order to drink oil, is unwilling to accept it, and still stubbornly maintains the habit of drinking oil.
At the beginning of 2015, Chen Dejun, a 75-year-old man who had been drinking oil for 46 years, passed away.
According to Jin Chuanjin, director of the village committee of Shuanghe Village, a few years before his death, the old man still maintained the habit of drinking gasoline, but his health deteriorated, and he was still drinking oil a few days before his death.
In 2022, the hilltop hut where Chen Dejun used to live was overgrown with weeds because it had not been taken care of for a long time, and only a few empty gasoline bottles confirmed that this was Chen Dejun's residence.
When asked what Chen Dejun's eldest son said about his father's perennial drinking of gasoline, the eldest son said helplessly:"It's definitely going to affect your health, but if he doesn't listen to it, we can't do anything about it. ”
It is worth mentioning that when Chen Dejun was dying, he was paranoid and asked his wife to bring him gasoline.
Is Chen Dejun's death related to drinking oil all year round?
Zeng Qinggui, deputy director of the Digestive Disease Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, gave the answer to this question.
"Organic solvents such as kerosene and gasoline will not be absorbed by the human intestines, so they will not cause obvious damage to the body itself, and long-term drinking will not cause particularly much damage. But drinking this oil into the human body can cause diarrhea of varying degrees, and drinking oil is not a direct factor that caused his death. ”
Chen Junde has drunk oil for most of his life, perhaps he thinks this home remedy can alleviate his illness.
But scientifically speaking, this home remedy is more of a psychological comfort, and its cost is very serious.
Chen Dejun, who was once in his 70s, should have enjoyed family happiness with his family in his old age.
But for this home remedy, he stubbornly chose to live away from his family.
Judging from the results, this home remedy is not worth it, after all, when Chen Dejun died, it was his family who took care of the aftermath and suffered for him, not his gas tank full of gasoline.