An 82-year-old woman from China shocked doctors after swallowing eight live frogs. It was her attempt to cure her chronic back pain.

The elderly woman, identified only as Zhang, suffered from a herniated disc for years. Then, she believed in a folk remedy suggesting that eating live frogs could help relieve pain, according to the South China Morning Post. Also Read | Bankrupt entrepreneur restarts with street food stall, earns ₹25 lakh daily

Zhang then swallowed three live frogs on the first day and five more live frogs on the next day. Soon after, she developed intense stomach pain and was unable to walk.

Her family rushed her to Zhejiang University’s No. 1 Affiliated Hospital. Doctors first ruled out cancer. But, they later found an abnormal rise in oxyphil cells, linked to par

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