"When work tired him out or he was in a bad mood, he'd chew," says Wu's wife, Pan Hsiang-ling. She says the 100 drupes a day he was consuming cost him NT $ 5,000 per month and left him unable to fully open his mouth. He finally went to see a doctor when his worsening periodontal disease left him with loose teeth and constantly bleeding gums.
「工作累了或心情不好時他就吃，」吳太太潘湘羚表示，一天 100 顆、一個月開銷 5 千元的檳榔癮，讓吳鳳源在多年前就已經嘴巴張不開，發病前則因牙周病而齒牙動搖，直到牙齦出血不止才去就醫。