A three-year-old girl is so addicted to eating harmful objects that she ate an entire lightbulb.
Natalie Hayhurst has Pica, a rare condition which gives her cravings for inedible objects. In February she nearly died after eating a lightbulb.
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".
Her mother Colleen, 31, says every day is a constant battle as she tries to stop her daughter eating something that could kill her.
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."
"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.
Colleen, of Indiana, revealed the moment her daughter's disease nearly killed her.
"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."
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.
Since the accident Natalie is watched around the clock by Colleen, David and brother Andrew, 5.
Colleen said:"My big worry is that one day she'll eat something poisonous and we won't be there in time."
据英国《每日邮报》9月26日报道，一3岁女童食用有害物体上瘾，竟吃下整只灯泡。
纳塔利•海赫斯特患有异食癖，这种罕见的症状会使她渴望"品尝"不可食用的物品。在今年2月份，她就因吃下灯泡险些丧命。
而她最喜爱的"美食"是石头和树枝，有人看到她狼吞虎咽的吃下整个砖头，"好像那是块巧克力饼干"。
她孩子31岁的母亲可岚表示，每一天都是一场持久战，因为她得尝试阻止她女儿吃那些可能害死她的东西。
可岚说："自从被玻璃伤到后，她不再像以前那样试图吃玻璃了，但是，她仍会捡花园里的石头和树枝吃。"
她这位母亲补充道："她知道这些东西对她有害，我和我丈夫大卫都和她讨论过这些东西对她的害处，但是对一个3岁的孩子来说，（控制）这种渴望太难了。"
来自印第安纳州的可岚透露说，有次这种疾病差点害死她女儿。
她说："我把纳蒂（纳塔利）放在床上，然后去厨房洗餐具，她突然走进来，手里握着一小截电线，她的嘴在出血，我马上就知道发生了什么，纳蒂把整个灯泡吃的就剩电线了。"
随后她们急忙赶到医疗中心，那儿的医生把她们送到圣文森特儿童医院移除玻璃。幸运的是她没什么大碍，第二天晚上就回家了。
自那次事故以后，可岚、大卫和纳塔利5岁的哥哥安德鲁夜以继日地守着她。
可岚说："我最大的担心就是某天她吃了什么有毒的东西，而我们却不能及时赶到。"
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