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A Chinese man who drank hard liquor daily for more than 40 years has developed massive fat lumps around his neck due to a rare condition.<br>Shocking footage shows the 62-year-old resident with the enormous piles of fat around his neck being treated at a hospital in Shenyang, Liaoning province of north-eastern [/news/china/index.html China].<br>Doctors said that the man's love of [/news/alcohol/index.html alcohol] was the cause of the disorder known as a 'hippo neck' in China, which saw his neck swelling to twice its normal size. <br>                     A 62-year-old Chinese man (pictured) from Liaoning, known by his [http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=surname&gs_l=news surname] Wang, who drinks heavily every day for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] more than 40 years has developed massive fat lumps around his neck<br>The patient, known by his surname Wang, told the local media that he had drank about 300-millilitre of 'Bai Jiu', a strong Chinese grain wine, every day since the age of 18.<br>Bai Jiu, also known as white liquor, is a type of super-strength Chinese grain wine containing 52 per cent alcohol by volume on average, which is nearly 10 per cent stronger than typical vodka.<br>Mr Wang finally went to the local hospital on Tuesday after being frustrated with the fatty lumps for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] years.<br><br>He said that others often made fun of his 'hippo neck' as well.<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-8431255/Yulin-butchers-selling-dogs-despite-classified-pets.html  Chinese wet market traders sell piles of butchered dogs...] [/news/article-8431107/China-sends-Wuhan-style-mobile-virus-lab-Beijing-help-screen-1-000-swab-samples-day.html  China sends a Wuhan-style mobile virus lab to Beijing to...] [/news/article-8431493/Chinas-real-coronavirus-death-toll-TEN-TIMES-higher-official-statistics-show.html  China's real Covid-19 death toll could be 14 TIMES bigger...] [/news/article-8431525/Taiwan-warns-intruding-Chinese-aircraft-4th-time-nine-days.html  Taiwan warns off intruding Chinese warplanes for the fourth...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>377 shares<br><br><br>Footage released by [ ] shows two doctors checking the patient's fatty growth at the Shenyang hospital.<br>The alcohol lover can be heard telling the medics: 'I did not really notice it at first and it started to grow gradually.<br>'Now I have to notice it because it has grown so big.<br><br>It's ugly,' he added.<br>Mr Wang was diagnosed with Madelung's Disease, a rare disease characterised by a benign growth of fatty deposits, known as lipoma, around a patient's neck and upper body.<br>A doctor  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] from the Shenyang hospital said that the patient would undergo surgery to remove the tumour. <br>              Pictures above released by Pear Video shows two doctors checking the [http://www.gameinformer.com/search/searchresults.aspx?q=patient%27s%20fatty patient's fatty] lumps around his neck at the Shenyang hospital in Liaoning province of north-eastern China Tuesday<br>Similar stories have been reported in China before. <br>A 68-year-old man, surnamed Tan, was diagnosed with the disease after he drank at least one litre of 'Bai Jiu' every day for 26 years and downed it 'like water'. <br>Mr Tan went to the a hospital in Hunan province of southern China after suffering breathing difficulties thought to be caused by the huge lump in 2018.<br>Another Chinese man, named Hong Shu, who drank almost a litre of white spirit a day for over three decades developed a fatty tumour around his throat.<br>He was reported as 'the man with the horse neck' by Chinese media after being diagnosed with the rare Madelung disease in 2015.<br>According to the [ ], Madelung's Disease mostly affects middle-aged men, in particular, those who drink a large volume of alcohol.<br><br>It occurs to 1 in every 25,000 people worldwide. <br>