The patient tore a 6cm gash in the esophagus during vomiting, which is quite a terrifying thing.
If normal vomiting could damage the esophagus like this, most people in the world might die from unnatural causes. Humanity wouldn't have proliferated to such an astonishing number.
This indicates that there were likely pre-existing issues with the patient's esophagus before it tore.
For example, the esophagus becoming hard or brittle, these are all possibilities.
Related to the patient's long-term alcohol abuse.
When alcohol enters the body, it doesn't just damage the liver and kidneys, but it can also harm multiple tissues and organs in the digestive tract. Drinking once or twice doesn't matter much.
But drinking for over ten years, the cumulative damage can be quite frightening.
Every time the body is hurt, it may take two to three days to recover, or even longer. But before recovery, new damage caused by drinking happens again.
