Chinese Woman Hospitalized with Liver Failure After Consuming Raw Fish Gallbladder for Headache

A 50-year-old woman from Jiangsu province, China, was hospitalized with acute liver failure after swallowing a raw fish gallbladder to relieve a headache, following traditional beliefs about its medicinal properties. She developed severe symptoms within hours and was treated in intensive care with plasma exchange and renal replacement therapy. Doctors warned that fish gallbladder toxins can cause serious organ damage and urged against such remedies. After five days, her condition improved and she was discharged.