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Soap addiction

Imagine that someone you know was taken to Psychiatric Hospital for treatment for addiction, then he escaped to take a dose of his drug, and you ran after him to stop him. He entered a supermarket to buy something. You stood outside waiting to catch him, but he escaped through the back door. You ran quickly after him. You were about to catch him. He pulled something out of his pocked. You jumped at him to take the drug from him, but you found out that this was not a drug; this was a soap bar. Yes, he was a soap addict. Really, there is soap addiction, and it's called sapophagia.

Sapophagia (from Greek sapo, soap + phagō, to eat) is a form of pica (consumption of non nutritive materials). It is a compulsive consumption of soap. Its incidence Is extremely rare compared with other types of pica , and has never been reported in literature except in lay press.(1) Some people think that soap addiction is related to nutrition deficiency, but this is a false common belief. Soap addiction is a compulsive behavior to relief tension. According to a study published in the journal of psycho pharmacology, when some Scientists examined a child that was suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), the results showed that there was no nutrition deficiency ; and hematological, metabolic, and bio chemical parameters were normal. When scientists used clonide for treatment of (ADHD), they found that it was useful medication for Soap addiction too: it caused decrease in soap consumption, but its mechanism for treatment of soap addiction was unknown. Someone may say “I know how clonide's reliefs soap addiction. This drug treats stress, which is the cause of soap addiction.when we remove the cause, this disease will disappear”. In fact, this is hasty thinking, because stress causes soap addiction, then when stress is removed, soap addiction still present. Soap addiction won't be cured by removing of stress only, so clonide has another mechanism for treatment of soap addiction.

Both Girlfriend magazine and, mail online newspaper published a story of 19 years old girl called Tempestt Henderson Who was suffering from soap addiction. She got this disease because of stress when her boyfriend broke up with her. Do you see? Do you see what do the lack of interest may cause ? do you see what may happen if you don't take care of your wife feelings? To know that women don't overdo it when they ask you to be interested in them. Soap addiction can cause gastric irritation with possible vomiting, and diarrhea because soap can act as a purgative. Soap addiction can also disrupt acid base balance. Tempestt used to eat five soap bars in a week, and take three bottles of soap into the shower. The doctor tell her that soap addiction can raise acid levels in her blood to life-threatening levels.do You see ? Your wife may die because of your lack of interest. You must be very romantic to save her life. Soap contain a toxic chemicals that have dangerous effects on the digestive system. these chemicals can cause damage of metabolism. according to s study published in the British journal of industrial medicine, when the scientists fed the rats a dose of 100 mg/kg a day in a pilot experiment, the results show atrophy of the small intestine and glandular atrophy in the colon. These changes were not reversible 12 weeks after cessation of detergent administration and according to two studies published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA), Detergents have a potent effect on cell membranes. At low concentration they inactivate brush border enzymes that break down sucrose, lactose, starch, protein, and lipids.this lead to dangerous consequences, and at higher concentrations they solubilize membranes of intestinal cells. Let's go back to Tempestt, daily Mail newspaper mentioned that The doctor gave Tempestt intensive Cognitive-behavioral therapy. At the end of this story, Tempestt Henderson said that she hasn’t eaten soap for five months, and hoped that she would never have to eat soap ever again.

Finally, soap addiction (Sapophagia) is compulsive behavior to relief tension, Not related to clinical pathological disorders or nutritional deficiency. it can cause dangerous harms on digestive system. Soap addicts are treated in Psychiatric Hospital where the doctors provide the right Cognitive-behavioral therapy for them. clonide can address soap addiction with unknown mechanism. Scientists may discover this mechanism in the future. Before I leave you, take my advice, Don't annoy your wife, she will say to you “do you want to kill me because of lack of your interest ?”