Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,205,269 members, 7,991,729 topics. Date: Saturday, 02 November 2024 at 06:33 AM

10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) - Health - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Health / 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) (762 Views)

Woman Who Was Addicted To Drugs Shares New Photos. Checkout Her Transformation / I'm Addicted To Codeine , Weed, Tramadol And Many More / The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by objhack(m): 8:27am On Aug 08, 2017
A 10-year-old boy who is constantly hungry due to a rare condition eats rolls of toilet paper if he is unable to get any other food, Dailymail has reported. 

The boy identified as Caden Benjamin, from Standerton in South Africa, weighs 14 stone 2lbs (90 kilogrammes) because of his constant overeating.

Now, he has been diagnosed with genetic disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome, which is characterised by an obsessive compulsion to eat. His mother Zola Benjamin says it means Caden will eat anything he can get his hands on.


‘At one point, Caden was eating toilet paper. He’d eat rolls of it,’ she said.

‘Actually, he’d eat any paper he would find in the house. If there’s nothing for him to eat, he’ll scrape together the dirt he finds on the floor and eat that.’

Several years ago, he was forced to undergo a tracheotomy and he now breathes through a tube inserted into his windpipe. 

Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare, incurable disorder that affects thousands of people worldwide, resulting in physical, mental and behavioural problems.

The condition is made worse by the fact that people need less food than their peers because their bodies have less muscle and tend to burn fewer calories.

Ms Benjamin added: ‘At three years old he was 40 kg (6 stone 4 lbs) and at that time, we didn’t know what was wrong with him.

‘We went to a number of doctors and no one could tell us what was wrong and why he was gaining so much weight.’


Eventually, a doctor at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria ran further tests and diagnosed Caden’s illness.

Now, Caden struggles to move around and even breathe because he is so overweight.

He also suffers bouts of depression because he is unable to live like a normal child.


Cc
Lalasticlala
Ishilove
Semid4lyfe
Obinoscopy

Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by NwaAmaikpe: 8:37am On Aug 08, 2017
shocked

He looks like Seyi Law's daughter.
Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by Nobody: 8:40am On Aug 08, 2017
Is dis not seyi law's first son?
Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by Nobody: 8:41am On Aug 08, 2017
O mi gush daz terrible. But na wa for d hair style o.
Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by Nobody: 8:52am On Aug 08, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked
He looks like Seyi Law's daughter.


stop posting rubbish

Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by Nobody: 8:53am On Aug 08, 2017
Smallville10:
Is dis not seyi law's first son?
stop posting rubbish..

Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by Young03(m): 9:03am On Aug 08, 2017
video of him eating toilet paper or addonbilivit
Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by Nobody: 9:43am On Aug 08, 2017
grayht:
stop posting rubbish..
ifaslap u
Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by AuroraB(f): 10:20am On Aug 08, 2017
The haircut though grin
Re: 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper (photos) by czarina(f): 9:08am On Aug 09, 2017
Hmmmm..... It is well

(1) (Reply)

I Can't Seem To Overcome My Masturbation Addiction / Are Smokers Liable To Die Young? Some Live Long. / Hypertension In Pregnancy, All you need to know

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 10
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.