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A Hard Habit to Swallow: The Stomach of Metal

The most extreme case of pica ever recorded.

A Hard Habit to Swallow: The Stomach of Metal
In a mind-boggling case from India, a man complaining of abdominal pain was found to have a stomach full of metal. Surgeons spent hours removing 263 coins, 100 nails, dozens of razor blades, and shards of glass, weighing a total of 15 pounds. This is considered one of the most shocking documented cases of habitual object swallowing, requiring immediate and extensive surgery.
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