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When children refuse to eat

Article Link   46 Views   11 Visits   By Thunder on Jan 01 2009, 2:24 pm
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    It seems inconceivable that children as young as two months and as old as teenagers would intentionally go on a hunger strike - not eating at all, or not drinking at all or just drinking or eating inadequate amounts or types of food. They don't die of malnutrition, as doctors insert a nasogastric tube via the nostril into the stomach or, if the refusal continues, directly into the stomach from outside for feeding with liquid nutrition.....

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