Some people do some very strange things

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I was looking for something different to watch Tuesday night and happened upon Untold Stories of the ER. They have odd and unusual cases on there. In this one case this young woman kept passing out and was quite close to death as fluid was surrounding her heart. When the docs pulled out the fluid they found to their surprise it was green. They were flabbergasted. It turned out the woman had been purposefully swallowing button batteries. Apparently this was a habit of hers for some bizarre reason, and none had gotten stuck in her throat before. She admitted to and said she was totally ashamed of the behavior, as she should be. She was going to have to get some kind of tube in her esophagus and then I believe was going on to the psych ward to find out why and have her compulsion treated. I mean I have heard of people eating chalk, hair, small stones etc. Button batteries is a new one.