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BasketballCourt · Oct 31st, 2009, 11:24 AM

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Margaret Daalman came to hospital complaining of stomach ache - and one glance at her X-ray shows why.
Surgeons in Rotterdam in the Netherlands were flabbergasted when X-rays showed 78 different items of cutlery in the 52-year-old woman's stomach.

Removed - and cleaned - the 78 forks and spoons that surgeons found inside the woman's body

'She seems to have been suffering from some sort of obsession and every time she sat down for a meal she would ignore the food and eat the cutlery,' said one medic.
The astonishing images were actually taken over 30 years ago - but they were published for the first time this week in a Dutch medical magazine.
The magazine had asked for readers to send in examples of strange medical tales.
A doctor at a hospital in Sittard in the Netherlands sent in the tale of Ms Daalman.

When she went in for her surgery, Ms Daalman, a secretary in a local estate agents, told doctors: 'I don't know why but I felt an urge to eat the silverware - I could not help myself.'
Medics also revealed it was not the first time that she had been treated for eating the cutlery.
They said she had been diagnosed as suffering from a borderline personality disorder that left her with an urge to eat forks and spoons.

She never ate knives, however - and could not explain why not.
Ms Daalman made a full recovery and is said to be responding well to therapy she was receiving for the disorder.

The ingestion of foreign objects is a little-discussed type of disorder, according to an article in Pyschiatry Online.
Sometimes referred to as pica, individuals may crave and ingest non-food substances or an unusual quantity or selection of food commodities.

The phenomenon, considered a form of self-harm, is difficult for physicians to diagnose as - unlike with self-harming patients who burn or mutilate themselves - the damage is not always obvious.

It is also nearly impossible to prevent access to all potentially ingestible objects, the article added, making the behaviour difficult to stop without psychiatric treatment.

Doctors in Rotterdam said they had never heard of someone consuming quite so many foreign objects before.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1223563/The-woman-knife--swallowing-entire-canteen-cutlery.html#ixzz0VWlCetR6

I cannot believe this!

twin53 · Oct 31st, 2009, 11:44 AM

how did she not choke when she swallowed that stuff?

ssc0619 · Oct 31st, 2009, 12:11 PM

This is disturbing

la miss · Oct 31st, 2009, 12:11 PM

Um...

Vegas Long Legs · Oct 31st, 2009, 12:12 PM

How could someones stomach hold all that? Weird.

ShimmaPuff · Oct 31st, 2009, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by BasketballCourt

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considered a form of self-harm

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Really, now!

cjy · Oct 31st, 2009, 02:05 PM

Oh my!

karmenzsofia · Oct 31st, 2009, 02:09 PM

That's impossible!

JSH812 · Oct 31st, 2009, 02:46 PM

Maybe she was one of those circus sword swallowers?

Wentworth-Roth · Oct 31st, 2009, 03:35 PM

I googled that woman and found this picture. Apparently that is her x-ray.

Sternchen · Oct 31st, 2009, 04:55 PM

What in the world?!!

domlee · Oct 31st, 2009, 05:28 PM

Sad disorder. Good thing they got to her in time. Could've been much worse.

Sweetpea83 · Oct 31st, 2009, 05:30 PM

Oh my word.........

caitlin1214 · Oct 31st, 2009, 06:37 PM

Oh my God, to think of all the times the forks could have pierced things . . . .

natalie78 · Oct 31st, 2009, 06:45 PM

I realize that this is not supposed to be funny, but the statement that she "would ignored the food and eat the cutlery" had me giggle a little bit.

Oct 31st, 2009, 11:44 AM	#2
twin53 Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,182	how did she not choke when she swallowed that stuff?
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Oct 31st, 2009, 12:11 PM	#4
la miss parigote Joined: May 2007 Posts: 3,278	Um...
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Oct 31st, 2009, 12:12 PM	#5
Vegas Long Legs In an Italian Villa Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 6,099	How could someones stomach hold all that? Weird.
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Oct 31st, 2009, 02:05 PM	#7
cjy Member Joined: Oct 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 6,505	Oh my!
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Oct 31st, 2009, 02:09 PM	#8
karmenzsofia Life is Plan Z Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Tarot Card Posts: 14,888	That's impossible!
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Oct 31st, 2009, 12:11 PM	#3
ssc0619 Some 'Splainin to Do Joined: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 6,036	This is disturbing

Oct 31st, 2009, 02:46 PM	#9
JSH812 horses&hounds Joined: Jan 2008 Location: wild&wonderful Posts: 2,614	Maybe she was one of those circus sword swallowers?

Oct 31st, 2009, 03:35 PM	#10
Wentworth-Roth Member Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,820	I googled that woman and found this picture. Apparently that is her x-ray.
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Oct 31st, 2009, 04:55 PM	#11
Sternchen Proud mama of 3! Joined: May 2006 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 13,954	What in the world?!!
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Oct 31st, 2009, 05:28 PM	#12
domlee Member Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 956	Sad disorder. Good thing they got to her in time. Could've been much worse.

Oct 31st, 2009, 05:30 PM	#13
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Oct 31st, 2009, 06:37 PM	#14
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Oct 31st, 2009, 06:45 PM	#15
natalie78 Dave's not here Joined: May 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 1,669	I realize that this is not supposed to be funny, but the statement that she "would ignored the food and eat the cutlery" had me giggle a little bit.
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