3歲女童患上異食癖 竟吃下整隻燈泡

A three-year-old girl is so addicted to eating harmful objects that she ate an entire lightbulb。

據英國《每日郵報》9月26日報道，一3歲女童食用有害物體上癮，竟吃下整隻燈泡。

Natalie Hayhurst has Pica, a rare condition which gives her cravings for inedible objects. In February she nearly died after eating a lightbulb。

納塔利·海赫斯特患有異食癖，這種罕見的症狀會使她渴望“品嚐”不可食用的物品。在今年2月份，她就因吃下燈泡險些喪命。

While her favourite delicacies are rocks and sticks, Natalie has been known to wolf down almost a whole brick, "like it was a chocolate chip cookie"。

而她最喜愛的“美食”是石頭和樹枝，有人看到她狼吞虎嚥的吃下整個磚頭，“好像那是塊巧克力餅乾”。

3歲女童患上異食癖

Her mother Colleen, 31, says every day is a constant battle as she tries to stop her daughter eating something that could kill her。

她孩子31歲的母親可嵐表示，每一天都是一場持久戰，因爲她得嘗試阻止她女兒吃那些可能害死她的東西。

Colleen said: "She doesn't try to eat glass so much since it hurt her, but she will try and eat rocks and sticks she finds in the garden."

可嵐說：“自從被玻璃傷到後，她不再像以前那樣試圖吃玻璃了，但是，她仍會撿花園裏的石頭和樹枝吃。”

"She knows these things are bad for her, me and my husband David have discussed how harmful it is with her. But the cravings are too much for a three year old to handle,"，she added。

她這位母親補充道：“她知道這些東西對她有害，我和我丈夫大衛都和她討論過這些東西對她的害處，但是對一個3歲的孩子來說，(控制)這種渴望太難了。”

Colleen, of Indiana, revealed the moment her daughter's disease nearly killed her。

來自印第安納州的可嵐透露說，有次這種疾病差點害死她女兒。

"I had put Natty to bed and I was in the kitchen doing the washing up,"，she said. "Suddenly she walked in and held up a small piece of wire. Her mouth was bleeding and instantly I knew what had happened. Natty had eaten an entire lightbulb - everything but the wire."

她說：“我把納蒂(納塔利)放在牀上，然後去廚房洗餐具，她突然走進來，手裏握着一小截電線，她的嘴在出血，我馬上就知道發生了什麼，納蒂把整個燈泡吃的就剩電線了。”

Then they rushed to a walk in medical centre where the doctor sent us to St Vincent Children's Hospital to have the glass removed. Fortunately, she was ok and returned home the following evening。

隨後她們急忙趕到醫療中心，那兒的醫生把她們送到聖文森特兒童醫院移除玻璃。幸運的是她沒什麼大礙，第二天晚上就回家了。

Since the accident Natalie is watched around the clock by Colleen, David and brother Andrew, 5.

自那次事故以後，可嵐、大衛和納塔利5歲的哥哥安德魯夜以繼日地守着她。

Colleen said:"My big worry is that one day she'll eat something poisonous and we won't be there in time."

可嵐說：“我最大的擔心就是某天她吃了什麼有毒的東西，而我們卻不能及時趕到。”