Boy, five, who had never eaten amazes parents by tasting food for the first time after pioneering treatment Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
The parents of a five-year-old boy who had never eaten have revealed their delight after he tucked into to a plate full of food for the first time after receiving specialist treatment in Austria.
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Posted: 5 months ago by Bornbad:
Unfortunately the specific treatment Leo needed to help him eat is currently unavailable in the UK
They don't explain this 'magic' cure.
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Posted: 5 months ago by suebe:
« Bornbad : They don't explain this 'magic' cure.
And...what was the reason he wouldn't eat. Stubborn? Something physiological or was it he didn't like breast feeding?
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Posted: 5 months ago by Bornbad:
« suebe : And...what was the reason he wouldn't eat. Stubborn? Something physiological or was it he didn't like breast feeding?
I like it, why shouldn't he?
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Posted: 5 months ago by suebe:
« Bornbad : I like it, why shouldn't he?
He was too young to appreciate it????
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Posted: 5 months ago by smarty1052:
« Bornbad : They don't explain this 'magic' cure.
I think they made him get high.. he got the munchies and started eating ice cream and sausages, lol I used to do this to my cat back in the day.. we switched her cat food and she wouldn't eat it for a while so I was smoking one day and blew it in her face and she just layed there and rolled around on her back for a minute.. then got up and ran right over to her food and tried it.. too bad she ended up pooping on the wall, lol.. (don't ask)
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Posted: 5 months ago by Marz:
I found this really interesting. I had a similar problem about two years ago. My stomach just wouldn't accept food, and I was sick all the time. I had no appetite, and never wanted to eat. I had a tube going into my intestines also and was on a lot of painkillers, because of other reasons.
After a lot of tests, and months of pain, someone figured out that my stomach was "out of shape". This was a combination of the painkillers reducing muscle movement, and the tube feeding meaning my stomach was bypassed, and not needed, encouraging it to relax. So I had to stop the tube feeding, something other docs were shocked at, as it was my only source of nutrition, and reduce and stop the pain killers. It was a horrible few days, whilst my stomach got back to work, but in the end, it did. No problems since
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