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Chinese man who suffered urination pain for 3 years finds 1.3kg stone in bladder

🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · · 230 words · By Fran Lu
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What to know about Chinese man who suffered urination pain for 3 years finds 1.3kg stone in bladder

Chinese man who suffered painful urination for 3 years discovers 1.3kg stone in bladder 56-year-old farmer tries unsuccessfully to self-medicate, stops travelling for fear of consequences, cannot sleep A Chinese man who endured three years of intense pain…

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What happened

Chinese man who suffered painful urination for 3 years discovers 1.3kg stone in bladder 56-year-old farmer tries unsuccessfully to self-medicate, stops travelling for fear of consequences, cannot sleep A Chinese man who endured three years of intense pain…

Why it matters

The man, 56, from southern China’s Guangdong province, surnamed Chen, recently went to the Xuwen Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, to have his bladder checked.

Common ground

Chen had experienced frequent and painful urination for three years.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3354862/chinese-…

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Chen was diagnosed with a giant 10cm by 13cm stone in his bladder.”
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Multiple sources, including reports citing the South China Morning Post, specify the dimensions of the stone as 10cm by 13cm.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chen or Ch'en may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chen Chen may refer to: Chen Chen (actress) (born 1948) Chen Chen (host) (born 1979) Chen Chen (poet) (born 1989)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Chen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joan Chen (simplified Chinese; 陈冲; born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-born American actress and film director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Taipei Golden Horse Awards and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Chen
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Claim 2: “The man, 56, from southern China’s Guangdong province, surnamed Chen, recently went to the Xuwen Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, to have his bladder checked.”
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Multiple sources confirm the patient was a 56-year-old man surnamed Chen from Guangdong province who visited Xuwen Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guangdong is a coastal province in South China, on the north shore of the South China Sea with Guangzhou as the capital. With a population of 127.06 million (as of 2023) across a total area of about 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantou
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zhuhai is a resort city located on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary, near Macau on the east shore of Zhongshan Island, of the central coast of southern Guangdong, China, on the southeastern ed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuhai
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Claim 3: “A Chinese man who endured three years of intense pain while urinating finally went to the hospital and discovered he had a 1.3kg stone in his bladder.”
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Multiple independent web sources report that a Chinese man suffered painful urination for three years and was found to have a 1.3kg bladder stone.
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago ... A Chinese man who endured three years of intense pain while urinating finally went to the hospital and discovered he had a 1.3kg stone in his ...
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/arti…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... Doctors discovered a bladder stone weighing about 1.3kg (2.9 lbs) and measuring roughly 10cm × 13cm, basically occupying almost the entire ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY3ZmBCGQsQ/
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago ... The dude had a 1.3kg stone the size of an open palm removed from his bladder. It's 100% guaranteed that his first and likely next few dozen ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1tp0m…
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Claim 4: “The stone had also caused bilateral hydronephrosis, a condition where both kidneys swell from urine build-up and cause a severe urinary tract infection.”
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The provided evidence includes general medical definitions of bilateral hydronephrosis and urinary tract infections, but does not provide multiple independent reports confirming that this specific patient (Chen) suffered from these exact complications. The claim appears in the original narrative but lacks independent corroboration in the provided search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 25, 2023 ... Hydronephrosis is a condition of the urinary tract where one or both kidneys swell. This happens because pee (urine) doesn't fully empty from your body.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15417-hydrone…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hydronephrosis and hydroureter result from obstruction of urine flow in the urinary system at the renal pelvis and ureter level, respectively.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563217/
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 2, 2021 ... ... hydronephrosis has an impact on acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with urinary tract infection (UTI). This study aimed to identify ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02647-8
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Claim 5: “It was reported to be the largest bladder stone in the Western Guangdong region.”
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While the existence of the stone is corroborated, the provided evidence does not contain the specific claim that it was the 'largest in the Western Guangdong region'. The search results for this specific claim are generic medical papers or unrelated Wikipedia entries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chen Jiongming (Chinese: 陳炯明; pinyin: Chén Jiǒngmíng; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Chiung-ming; 18 January 1878 – 22 September 1933) was a Chinese statesman, military leader, and revolutionary who was a key figu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Jiongming
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guangdong is a coastal province in South China, on the north shore of the South China Sea with Guangzhou as the capital. With a population of 127.06 million (as of 2023) across a total area of about 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lingnan School (traditional Chinese: 嶺南畫派; simplified Chinese: 岭南画派; pinyin: Lǐngnán huà pài) was an art movement active in the late Qing dynasty and Republic of China that sought to modernize Chi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingnan_School
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