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Related: About this forumIndia doctors remove 40 knives from man's stomach
The man, 42, had swallowed the knives over a period of three months.
Dr Jatinder Malholtra told the BBC that the man met him last week after suffering severe pain in his stomach.
He said the man did not tell doctors that he had been swallowing knives. "We found out that he had been literally eating knives after conducting diagnostic tests," he said.
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"We don't know the exact reason but it seems like he was suffering from some kind of physiological disorder. Even his family didn't know about his habit of swallowing knives," he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37163586
Dr Jatinder Malholtra told the BBC that the man met him last week after suffering severe pain in his stomach.
He said the man did not tell doctors that he had been swallowing knives. "We found out that he had been literally eating knives after conducting diagnostic tests," he said.
...
"We don't know the exact reason but it seems like he was suffering from some kind of physiological disorder. Even his family didn't know about his habit of swallowing knives," he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37163586
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India doctors remove 40 knives from man's stomach (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2016
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Aristus
(68,885 posts)1. "Doc, doc, I've got this sharp pain in my stomach!"
FSogol
(47,069 posts)3. It hurts when I do this....
MADem
(135,425 posts)4. owch.......