Chapter 291 Rare disease, the angel who is never full!

Wen Long took out another round cake made of clay.

But this time, she didn't chew it in small bites.

She slowly put the palm-sized round cake into her mouth, and the corners of her mouth gradually expanded. Finally, she stretched her throat and swallowed it hard.

Xu Qiu looked at this scene and was silent.

Can the human throat... expand to this extent?

"What... is your profession?" Xu Qiu was silent for a long time, and then asked.

Wen Long had an intoxicated expression on her face. She swallowed the clay cake whole with force. The round cake could still be seen sliding down her neck and finally fell into her stomach.

She paused for a while before saying, "Anchor."

After that, she added, "Don't look at me like this. In fact, I'm not in the beauty zone.

I'm in the food zone and I can eat a lot.

Once I swallowed an apple with my mouth empty, and three big brothers gave me rockets that time!"

Xu Qiu nodded.

This patient has some special abilities.

Being able to expand her throat to that extent, and obviously swallowing a round cake with a diameter of six or seven centimeters is far from her limit... Such a person actually aroused some interest in Xu Qiu.

"Are you doing it for the big eater?" Xu Qiu asked.

Wen Long nodded: "Yes, I said I can eat a lot. If I eat more restrainedly, I can eat about three or four times the amount of an adult man."

"..."

Is this after restraining?

If not restrained, wouldn't it be possible to eat an adult man directly?

At this point, a disease emerged in Xu Qiu's mind.

At this moment, several of the most routine examination items were done for Wen Long, and common diseases were also ruled out.

It is obvious that her cause of illness is more hidden.

Or to put it more bluntly, she may have a rare disease.

Another rare disease manifested as pica.

Combined with the patient's exaggerated appetite and the puzzling ductility of the throat, Xu Qiu had an amazing guess in his mind.

Historically, most people with this disease have not had a good ending.

The most famous one among them is called Taralei.

Tarrare was born into a farmer's family. He had an exaggerated appetite and was always hungry.

When he was a teenager, he could eat food equal to his own weight.

Because he ate too much, he was driven out of his home by his family who could not afford the burden. He could only make a living by performing swallowing mice, snakes, etc. on the street.

Later, war broke out in Tarrare's country, and he joined the army.

At this point, his appetite was discovered by military doctors. While being amazed, they also conducted a series of physiological experiments on him.

For several months, he was forced to swallow live cats, live snakes, live lizards, live eels, and even a live dog.

These animals were almost bursting Tarrare's throat without chewing.

In the end, his throat almost expanded to the size of his neck, and the skin of his neck kept expanding outward, and he finally succeeded in eating it.

A scene that all doctors found incredible happened. Whether it was snakes, lizards, cats, or dogs, they were all digested very well.

Then, the gifted Tarrare was discovered by a general in the army.

So he was ordered to swallow a wooden box containing confidential documents, cross the enemy's position, and act as a human pigeon to pass information back and forth.

This idea is quite feasible.

Unfortunately, Tarrare was caught the first time he did the job. He was tortured into confessing in the enemy camp, and he vomited the wooden box in full in front of the enemy.

So far, he was completely abandoned.

Later, Tarrare thought of countless ways to get rid of the ever-present hunger and just wanted to be a normal person.

But they all failed.

When he was hungry, he would go to the garbage can and the ditch to eat rotten meat and mud, and even went to the morgue to eat corpses.

A few years later, he died of crazy diarrhea.

The doctors originally planned to perform an autopsy on him, but Tarrare's body was too smelly. As soon as it was opened, the body was covered with abscesses and ulcers. The liver, gallbladder, and stomach almost occupied most of the chest and abdomen. The esophagus was almost as thick as the neck, and a large amount of foul-smelling substances evaporated.

The doctors had to stop.

And it is characterized as a cursed man-eating monster.

Of course, today's medicine has developed much more than before. This kind of "never-satisfied hunger", "infinitely expanding throat" and "eating equal to body weight" disease has been cracked by advanced genetic medical technology.

This is--

Preder-Willi syndrome!

Also known as, Prader-Willi syndrome.

The cause is the genetic defect in the imprinted gene region of chromosome 15, which causes the patient to start eating without restraint from about one year old, and the body organs will also undergo adaptive development and changes.

The infinitely expanding throat is actually the external manifestation of laryngomalacia.

As for the unrelieved hunger, it comes from the dysfunction of the hypothalamus in the brain.

Compared with brain-eating amoeba, this disease is a common disease, with an incidence rate of about 1/12000~1/15000, and there are many people at home and abroad.

For example, Lotito, who has the same nationality as Tara, but was born in modern times, eventually became a real actor.

Lotito initially ate small objects such as glass and metal, and finally, between 1978 and 1980, he ate an airplane. This attracted worldwide attention and also brought Prader-Willi syndrome into the public eye.

And Wen Long, judging from her pica symptoms with normal tests, is most likely also suffering from this disease.

In the industry, there is a more tolerant name for this disease.

"The angel who is never full".

...

Xu Qiu retracted his thoughts.

He continued to ask: "Are you poor in athletic ability?"

Wen Long was stunned: "Doctor, how did you tell that!"

She has been a poor student in sports since she was a child. She can run 800 meters in more than ten minutes. Even when playing badminton, she often misses the ball and falls down after running two steps.

After listening to the description, Xu Qiu was silent for a moment: "Have you ever thought about seeing a doctor?"

"I... I thought I was just stupid..."

Wen Long lowered her head.

In fact, she also told her parents.

However, the family conditions were not good, and they valued boys over girls, so her parents thought she was making a fuss and wasting money. Not only did they not take her to the hospital, but they also scolded her severely.

Later, Wen Long grew up in a daze.

Now it seems that this is not poor athletic ability at all, but insufficient muscle coordination and abnormal development of joints and bones.

Afterwards, Xu Qiu gave Wen Long a detailed physical examination.

A more detailed physical report was listed.

1. Mild scoliosis of the spine.

2. Poor development of secondary sexual characteristics.

3. Short stature.

In addition, Wen Long's ability to control his emotions was also very poor, and his relationships with his family, teachers, and classmates were very rigid. He had almost no friends since he was a child.

This is also one of the manifestations of Prader-Willi syndrome.

After listening to Xu Qiu's inference, Wen Long was completely silent.