• @spamfajitas@lemmy.world
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    262 years ago

    They’ve been doing this for a while now. I remember reading stories about moms in Facebook groups sharing photos of “parasites” they thought they were removing from their children by forcing them to drink bleach…

    Pretty sure it was actually the lining of their esophagus/something similarly bad that should be inside not outside the body.

    • Queen HawlSera
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      32 years ago

      Very common trick, it’s not just done with autism, but many cleansing products have you puke up something to make it look like it actually is doing its job. But most of the time it is just stomach lining