Tragic Death of Chinese Basketball Player Xu Qingyou: Aortic Dissection at 22 Years Old

[NTD News, Beijing time, February 15, 2024]On New Year’s Eve, February 9, Chinese national first-level basketball player Xu Qingyou died suddenly at the age of 22.

On February 14, NetEase’s article “Fate is not seeking entertainment” stated that Xu Qingyou’s friends revealed that Xu Qingyou passed away on New Year’s Eve. A friend wrote that once we say goodbye, we will never return, and from now on we can only see each other in dreams. I hope there will be no pain or serious illness in heaven.

Xu Qingyou is 2.05 meters tall. He is a senior student at Shandong Agricultural University and a national first-level basketball player. He has participated in many basketball games and won awards.

Xu Qingyou’s social accounts have always been active, and he often shares videos of himself playing basketball. On January 29, he also posted a video of riding a high-speed train with his girlfriend. At that time, he was in pretty good condition.

On January 30, Xu Qingyou suddenly fell ill and entered the ICU for rescue.

The report mentioned that Xu Qingyou’s father, Xu Haizhong, revealed that Xu Qingyou suddenly fell ill in the early morning of January 30, a few hours after the video was released. Xu Qingyou suddenly developed symptoms such as confusion, weakness, abdominal pain and sweating at home. The family sent him to the emergency department of the hospital overnight, and it was finally revealed that he had an aortic dissection.

Aortic dissection is a serious and rare condition that causes a tear in the lining of the body’s large artery (aorta). Blood pours out of the tear, causing the lining and middle layers of the aorta to separate (forming a dissection). Aortic dissection is often fatal if blood penetrates the outer wall of the aorta.

Xu Haizhong wrote in the fundraising materials that his son’s condition was serious and he was immediately transferred to the intensive care unit. The doctor talks to them. This is a rare disease for my son, and he is also the youngest case of sudden aortic dissection. It belongs to type A aortic dissection and ruptured.

It can be learned from the diagnosis exposed on the Internet that Xu Qingyou suddenly became confused on January 30, felt weak and accompanied by abdominal pain and sweating. Then his family rushed him to the emergency department of the hospital. After examination, he was diagnosed with aortic dissection and complications. Complications such as pericardial effusion, acute liver failure, renal insufficiency, acute pancreatitis, and acute gastritis are very dangerous.

The report said that although more than 600,000 yuan was finally raised for treatment, Xu Qingyou quickly underwent a thoracotomy, but he still passed away after nine days of rescue in the ICU. Xu Haizhong said that his son is usually in good health and has been playing basketball since he was a child.

As for the cause of Xu Qingyou’s death, some people say that it was caused by long-term excessive exercise, while others think that the cause was high blood pressure.

However, 22-year-old Xu Qingyou, as a national first-level athlete, often participates in training and competitions. It seems unlikely that he suffers from high blood pressure, otherwise it will be difficult to complete high-intensity training and competition tasks.

Looking at Xu Qingyou’s personal social media account, he told netizens in the comment area that his health was not very good, and he had been seeing Chinese medicine to recuperate his body. He also told fans before that his body was exhausted. It seems that the amount of exercise he usually does is indeed Very big.

In addition, some netizens reminded: Many people will suffer from cardiovascular congestion after the new crown epidemic. Be careful of various physical discomforts and check in time. In addition to myocarditis, blood clots in the lower limbs are also very dangerous.

(Editor: Li Enzhen)

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