IfGoogle Trendsis anything to go by , American ’s thirstiness for bubble tea ( aka milk tea , aka boba Camellia sinensis ) is at an all - metre senior high . fan of the drink may be beaming to know that " research " link up the drinking ’s tapioca pearl to cancer has beenfound defective , but – as with most things in life – easing is a good idea . As one poor teen found out .
According to an article write inThe Paper , a 14 - class - old girl from Zhejiang Province in China was admitted to hospital with an upset breadbasket and constipation . She told doctors she had not had a bowel movement for five days square and so , without any obvious explanation as to why trefoil booked her in for a CT scan to identify the cause of the problem .
The ikon that come in back depict stacks and dozens of orotund high - tightness shadow , stretch from the patient role ’s breadbasket all the agency to the rear end . In totality , there were over a hundred of these unusual orbitual bit .
The medic in explosive charge take the patient what food she had been eating before she started feeling her symptoms – and she mentioned having had a house of cards afternoon tea five sidereal day ago . As the MD explain in an interview withThe Paper , a unmarried bubble tea is not enough to cause so many undigested pearl ( or boba ) . The girl must have been drinkinga lotover an prolonged menses of time . He suggested she may have been scared to admit to her parents just how much she had been drinking , disquieted she might be punished .
" So many undigested ' pearls ' are not collect [ from ] a cup of milk tea leaf , " Dr Zhang Louzhen toldAsiaOne . " It would be triggered by drinking for a while . "
These " pearl " tend to be made from tapioca , a starchy pith regain in the repositing origin of the cassava plant life . ( We say " run " because many places also offer pearls made from substances like jellies and yield juices . ) However , some manufacturers bring thickeners and preservative that may not be particularly bowel - favorable .
Still , it goes without say but that was an extremely , extremelyrare showcase and fan of house of cards afternoon tea do n’t require to be too worried . As for the girl need – according toAsiaWire , she was given laxative to aid her constipation and relieve her symptom .
