Infant Vital Infection

American Youth of 19 years is addicted to eating soap

Tempestt Henderson, Florida, United States, suffers from a rare condition that made eating up to 5 bars of soap a week , in addition to laundry detergent. Doctors say that addiction could kill her.

"I remember the first time I put my fingers detergent. I put on my tongue and it tasted so sweet and salty ... is felt so good, I stayed glued to the moment, "says the girl, who is aware that eating soap is dangerous to your health, but still continued to do so.

The nursing student ate product every day, since I woke up, and also began to lick the bubbles produced soap while bathing. "In the shower, I like foam soap bar and lick it."

" I love the clean feeling I get . Eat soap feels much cleaner than just washing with it, "says Tempestt, who after 6 months eating non-stop finally decided to seek help.

was diagnosed with a rare disorder characterized by an appetite for nonfood substances. Have seen people with this disease who eat coins, chalk and even toothbrushes.

For the young, doctors believe that their problem was triggered by stress. "I stress a lot when my boyfriend left me and went to college, I was devastated," says Tempestt, and got worse when it was her turn to leave home to start college.

"The danger of eating soap is ingesting toxic chemicals that can damage your metabolism and digestive problems," says Dr. Barton Blinder, an expert on the subject. Tempestt

attended h therapy and this helped to discover the underlying cause of their addiction. According to her, always liked the smell of detergent, but one day it just was not enough and began eating.

Doctors have told him to get rid of all bar soap and detergent in your home, take long walks in places where there are no such products, and especially to talk about their problems, because he believes his addiction also is related to his habit of keeping everything to herself.

is now back home recovering from addiction, as when his mother heard it did come back from college to be treated. Tempestt said he has not eaten soap since September 2010 and expects more in his life never do it again.
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