Doctors Remove Over 200 nails From 15-Year Old Boy’s Stomach In China

A 15-year-old boy from China's Jiangxi province has had more than 200 nails removed from his stomach after allegedly eating them over the space of a month. He was taken to hospital after complaining of stomach pains and doctors discovered the nails after a CT scan.

The teenager told his parents that he was suffering from a stomach ache which appeared to be worsening. However his parents thought he had just caught a cold. They decided to take their son to hospital where doctors took a CT scan of his stomach. Doctors were shocked when they found the boy's stomach full of nails. .

They undertook surgery to remove more than 200 nails and also found toothpicks, rocks and coins weighing one and a half pounds. Medical staff at the hospital say they haven't seen anything like it before.

The boy then revealed that he had been eaten the nails for around a month. The boy could be suffering from Pica, a disorder where the person compulsively eats foreign objects such as stones, paint, metal and glass.






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