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Nicole Bonner – Addicted to Eating Bath Sponges & Soap
Addiction is a strange thing. One woman from the UK, the 22-year-old Nicole Bonner, suffers from a disorder known as Pica, which makes inedible objects seem appealing to her – so she eats them.
Nicole was invited on This Morning to talk about her strange addiction. Video of her interview is below, embedded at the end of the article.
The mother of one says it was during her first months of pregnancy that she started craving sponges and soap.
She has, of course, a favorite brand of soap and she only eats that, but she couldn’t say what exactly about it appeals to her.
Because she suffered from severe morning sickness when she fell pregnant in 2007, Nicole would often go into the bathroom and just rub soap foam across her face.
She would also smell sponges.
One month after she started doing that, she took her first bite of one.
In almost no time, she was making frequent bathroom trips to rub soap into sponges to eat. Her partner realized something was wrong and, once she confessed to her new addiction, took her to the GP.
After the baby was born, Nicole hoped the craving would go away by itself. It did that, but only for a month, after which it came back.
She compares it to addiction to nicotine, and imagines smokers find it just as difficult to ditch cigarettes as she does soaps and sponges.
Dr. Carol Cooper, also a guest on the show, says a GP can hardly come up with a good treatment for the disorder, adding that therapy is perhaps the best way to go about it.
While Nicole might not have any symptoms so far caused by her ingesting toxic things, the disorder can have the most disastrous consequences, the expert says.
Those who have it should see a specialist immediately and get proper help.
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Kerry Trebilcock Has Eaten 4,000 Sponges And 100 Bars Of Soap
Dental nurse Kerry Trebilcock has eaten 4,000 sponges and over 100 bars of soap, but it hasn’t been in the name of oral hygiene.
The Sun reported that Trebilcock, 21, suffers from Pica, a rare disorder that causes sufferers to crave non-food items. In Trebilcock’s case, this means washing sponges and organic soap. She told the Sun that she began to have these bizarre cravings in 2008, after contracting hookworm in Morocco. “I didn’t want to tell anyone as I felt like a freak,” she said. “But after a week I’d eaten nine sponges and over a pound of organic soap.”
Just because she eats non-food items, however, does not mean that Trebilcock is not particular. She prefers lemon- and lime-flavored soaps, and she described to the Sun how she used to meticulously prepare sponges for consumption: “If I went out for the day,” she said, “I’d carry a small plastic bag of cut-up pieces of sponge with some tomato and BBQ sauce in Tupperware. I was never without a ‘snack.'”
Though Trebilcock also eats regular food, her heavy consumption of sponges — in the past, she sometimes ingested five a day — and soap has caused her severe constipation, diarrhea, and stomach cramps, according to the Telegraph.
Due to embarrassment, Trebilcock did not seek medical attention until 2009. Since then, vitamin supplements and counseling have helped her improve, but she still struggles with the disorder. Trebilcock told the Sun that she still consumes a one-inch sponge square and three teaspoons of organic soap with every meal.
Pica is underreported and often unrecognized, so the prevalence of the disorder is difficult to estimate. While Trebilcock craves sponges and soap, other individuals with pica may eat a variety of non-food items, including dirt, rocks, wood, paper, light bulbs and furniture.
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Men’S Acne – Facts and the Medication by Robert Jack
You might be in the state of outgrowing your teenage acne or may possibly be struggling with relapsed acne in your adulthood. Acne in adult men becomes very irritating, yet it’s not rare. Read on to know more about the facts and the treatments associated with men’s acne.
Acne in Adult Men
Acne doesn’t target teenagers only. Lots of people observe a breakout of acne years after their high school years are over. Many men have complained that their acne breakouts during teenage days never really healed completely and continued to haunt them even in their adulthood. Yet, sometimes acne forms for the first time in men after their teenage. A study has revealed that acne affects both genders; however, men are more prone to long-lasting acne in comparison with women. Still, a good news for you to feel relieved is, adult acne can be cured effectively. You should make yourself aware of the causes, symptoms and the treatment available for acne.
Acne – Symptoms and Causes
Acne begins forming when the greasy materials secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin block tiny openings for the follicles of hair. In case of bigger openings, the blockages convert into flat, little spots with dark centers, which are known as blackheads. In case the openings stay small, the clogs turn into whiteheads – tiny bumps that look the color of flesh. Both these forms can change into soft inflammations, pimples, nodules or deep lumps. Nodules associated with cystic acne (serious type of acne) grow as stiff swellings underneath the surface of the skin, which becomes inflamed and at times infected.
Listed below are the causes for the formation of acne:
• Bacteria
In case sebum is produced in excess quantities, it clogs the openings of hair follicles in the organs such as chest, back, face and neck. Eventually, bacteria grow in the follicles that are blocked. This causes the development of whiteheads or blackheads on the surface of the skin, which is termed as non-inflammatory acne. At times, pressure developed on account of the deposits causes harm to the walls of follicles, thus leading to pustule growth – a problem characterized by sebum leakage into the surrounding tissues.
• Hormones
High production of hormones in the teens stimulates common acne. Whilst in puberty, girls and boys naturally create high levels of androgen – male sex hormones including testosterone. Testosterone makes the body prepare more sebum (the oil produced in the oil glands located in the skin). This also results in the formation of acne.
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