But in fact, among the giants in China's history, Yao Ming's status as a giant is not even "outstanding". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhan Shichai, a native of Hongguan Village, Wuyuan County, Anhui Province, was said to be 3. 19 meters tall, and his father was also an eight-foot tall man. Even in modern times, Sun Mingming, a basketball player, is taller than Yao Ming 10cm, reaching 2.36m, and Bao Xishun, a native of Inner Mongolia, also reaches 2.36m..
Careful readers may find that there are no women among these giants. So is there a "Giantess" in China?
The answer is naturally yes. This giant is not only the creator of the highest female record in China, but also the holder of the highest female record in the world at present. She is 2.48 meters tall and is Ceng Jinlian.
1966 Ceng Jinlian was born in Yu Jia Village, Nanzui Town, Yuanjiang City, Yiyang City, Hunan Province. This woman has shown extraordinary "talent" from birth. Although he was born in a poor rural area and his living conditions were not good, Ceng Jinlian had a particularly good appetite since childhood, and he could even eat 2 Jin of rice at a meal. With such a "good appetite", at the age of 14, her height has reached 2.34 meters, surpassing that of Yao Ming today.
As for why she was so tall, it was obviously beyond people's understanding at that time. Even Ceng Jinlian's parents are very happy with her daughter's extraordinary height, because her daughter's height can at least ensure that she can become an athlete, win glory for her country and leave the countryside.
In fact, Ceng Jinlian really became a female basketball player in a short time because of her height, and she was trained by the national team. However, Ceng Jinlian, a "big man", was soon overwhelmed by high-load training. This overwhelming is not a matter of Ceng Jinlian's will, but a matter of physical function. Her body gradually became unbearable and she had to go back to her hometown to practice. Ceng Jinlian's height did not stop growing during his cultivation in his hometown, reaching 2.48 meters in just a few years.
Such an abnormality finally surprised the family, so they chose to take this "female giant" to the provincial hospital for examination. And after some diagnosis, Ceng Jinlian was diagnosed as gigantism. Giant disease is caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone by adenohypophysis. Abnormal pituitary gland will lead to excessive secretion of growth hormone, which is more like a domino effect in human body. However, only when the pituitary gland is normal and the secretion of growth hormone in the human body is reasonable, the height of the human body will be normal. Once it is abnormal, it will lead to this super-high phenomenon. The point is that the side effects of this superelevation are fatal.
Ceng Jinlian's disease is a tumor in her pituitary gland. Under this tumor, the growth hormone is constantly over-secreted, which leads to the phenomenon that the Ceng Jinlian grows taller and taller. After the diagnosis, the doctor prescribed Ceng Jinlian some drugs to inhibit the secretion of growth hormone, but because it was too late to find Ceng Jinlian's gigantism, these drugs did not play a very good role.
1982, the giant who was only 18 years old died unfortunately due to the complications of gigantism. However, after Ceng Jinlian's death, he did not choose burial and peaceful burial according to the traditional etiquette of funeral culture in China. Instead, it has been on display for 38 years and has not been cremated so far.
So why is this? Originally, although she was born in the countryside, her education was not high, but for Ceng Jinlian, she was even more reluctant to part with her family in the motherland. She also hoped to make some contribution to the gigantism that led to her death, so before she died, she chose to sign a donation book and donate her body to Hunan Medical University, hoping to make some contribution to the treatment and research of gigantism through her body.
Today, the diagnosis and treatment of gigantism have made remarkable achievements. We have to say that it is the generous dedication of a large number of patients like Ceng Jinlian and the diligent pursuit of experts that have made these achievements. As a witness in the history of diagnosis and treatment of gigantism, Ceng Jinlian's body is now on display in the museum. Her deeds always remind us that technology is the ladder to truly realize the dream of a "giant".