4 year old girl addicted to eating cloth

A 4-year-old girl lives in Lanarkshire (Scotland) county with autism and rare disorders, making her have a hobby of eating fabrics. Her mother is very worried about her hobby because this can take her life.

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Charlotte Cook, 4, regularly chewed and devoured the felt cloth on the sofa, carpet, cotton toys . just to fake her strange craving.

The girl's mother, Nikki, and her husband Alasdair, were surprised to see their daughter begin to eat cloth and household cloths when she was only 1 year old. Also during this time, she showed signs of autism.

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'We have a big green carpet in the living room and she started eating it when she was only one year old,' Nikki said. 'We always knew something was wrong with Charlotte.'

After noticing unusual signs in her child, Nikki and her husband brought her to the doctor but the doctors could not make any conclusions about Charlotte's disease and strange symptoms and only advised to store the carpet in the living room. . But then she continued to eat the carpet in her room.

'We thought that keeping the carpet in the living room was settled, but she started eating the carpet in her room and then the carpet in her sister's room. Beginning in October last year, she started moving to the sofa, ' Nikki added.

Charotte bit the fabric on the chair with her teeth and began to swallow it. She even ate the toy and tried eating the television control , 'Nikki said. 'The problem is that she doesn't seem to know what she's doing and what she eats.'

Doctors struggled to find a solution to the unusual problem in the girl but still had no answer. According to the doctors, Charlotte has a rare Pica disorder , which causes appetite when eating non-nutrient substances such as stone, clay, chalk, dirt, sand or cloth as her case. baby Charlotte.

This disorder occurs in about 30% of children with autism and can cause choking for children resulting in death due to respiratory tract problems or digestive problems and parasitic infections.

Experts say this disease is caused by a lack of minerals or iron deficiency, but can also be a cause of mental disorders.

'It's like an addiction and she can't control her addiction,' Nikki said. 'My biggest concern is that the things Charlotte eats can block the airways and kill her.'

A doctor advised the family to remove home-made cloths and replace them with wooden items, but this is beyond the family's financial ability due to common wooden items. Higher price.

Currently Nikki and her husband are very worried about their young daughter and the two take care of them, watching Charlotte to prevent bad situations that may happen to her.

'A lot of people see her as a weird and frightening thing, but it is my daughter and I will do everything for her to cure this disease,' Nikki said.