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A woman in China almost died after injecting herself with a cocktail of more than 20 different fruit juices.
In an effort to improve improve her health the 51-year-old from Guiyang County in Chenzhou, Hunan province, gave herself an intravenous infusion by drip.
After injecting herself with the mixture, the woman had itchy skin and a rising temperature.
The woman, who was interested in unconventional health treatments, suffered liver, kidney, heart and lung damage and was put into intensive care for five days, according to a report by the Chinese daily Xiaoxiang Morning Herald.
"I had thought fresh fruits were very nutritious and it would not do me harm by injecting them into my body," she said. "I had no idea that would get me into such trouble."
Doctors at the Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University in Hunan removed toxins from her blood using dialysis, injected clotting agents and gave her antibiotics.
After five days her condition improved and she was transferred from intensive care to the hospital’s kidney unit and eventually discharged.
Liu Jianxiu, a doctor at the hospital in Hunan, said she had been in danger of dying of multiple organ failure and sepsis.
The incident caused a stir on Chinese social media where more than 11,000 users posted with the hashtag #OldWomanPutsJuiceIntoVeins.
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