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Indian Woman Found To Have Nails, Rings In Abdomen

Ahmedabad (November 13, 2018): A woman from Indian city Ahmedabad was found to have an inch-long iron nails, nuts and bolts, safety pins, U-pin, hair pins and other metallic items in her abdomen upon getting operated at Civil Hospital recently.

Named Sangita, the woman was brought in to Civil Hospital from Government Hospital for Mental Health, after persistent complains of severe stomach ache.

A patient of mental illness, Sangita was found suffering from a rare disorder named ‘Acuphagia’.

Acuphagia, is a rare disorder, where person eats sharp object and other indigestible objects. It is generally seen in mentally ill persons. We hardly have one such case annually.

“The woman’s stomach had become rock-hard. The X-ray revealed a large lump in her stomach while safety pins were protruding from her lung. One pin had even punctured her stomach wall prompting us to immediately operate on her,” senior surgeon at Civil Hospital’s general surgery department.

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