The Chinese woman who had five ribs broken by her husband’s hug has reportedly been diagnosed with osteoporosis, reports claimed after the video went viral. According to Jingshi Live, the woman told her husband that she was feeling cold and that’s when the husband hugged her. But during the hug, the husband could hear a cracking sound and the video captured the wife immediately sitting down in pain. The man, surnamed Wang, said he did not even give a tight hug. He put normal pressure and did not expect to have caused pain to the wife.The couple did not understand how serious the condition was, as they could visit the hospital only the next morning. The wife had to endure the pain throughout the night. A chest CT scan revealed that five of her ribs were fractured and another had a hairline fracture. Doctors did not recommend surgery as they believed medication, patches and rest would heal her.Wang said doctors diagnosed osteoporosis that explained his wife’s fragile bones. Wang told local media that his wife weighed between 45 and 50 kg and did extreme dieting, mostly skipping dinner. She also had no exposure to sunlight, the husband said. The woman worked at the family’s shop which was just two or three-minute drive from their home, he said.Yan Yanxiang, an associate chief orthopaedic physician at Wuhan Asia Heart General Hospital, told Jingshi Live that it was uncommon for younger people to suffer rib fractures from the force of a hug. Yan explained that the condition is closely associated with lifestyle and dietary habits. Rib fractures, he said, do not generally require surgery if there are no complications involving the lungs or pleura.
