Toddler who eats TOILET BRUSHES: due to Rare condition

A two-year-old girl has a rare condition causing her to eat everything from bath mats, sofas and her toys to a toilet brush, and her interest in normal food is waning.

Surrey, has an impulsive and untreatable craving disorder called Pica - a appetite for non-food substances.

Her mother, Kate Ovington, 27, has to watch her constantly, as she loves to munch on brushes, shower puffs, clothing, Velcro, soft toys and sponges.

She even sometimes eats the hair straight from Poppy, her one-year-old sister's head.

The mom said 'One of the worst times was when we were round at my friend's house.

'She came out of the bathroom eating her toilet brush and I was horrified.

'People said to me that she was just being a child, but I knew it was something more than that.

'It grossed me out because she always seemed to go for things that people clean themselves with, like shower puffs.

'It's the hygiene and choking aspect of it all that worries me the most.'

Must be a nightmare for the parents. 

Culled from Daily mail