Overweight two years stuck to the chair

Overweight man was stuck to the chair for two years until rescue workers released him

30.03.2011

Unbelievable but true: An extremely overweight man has not left his chair for two years in the United States and was virtually merged with him, when he wanted to bring emergency services to the hospital after the emergency call of a friend. The chair of the obese man was overlooked by urine, faeces and maggots and the chair cover was associated with his skin, the rescue services confirmed to the US television station „WTRL“. For two years, the extremely overweight had reportedly not left his chair.

Conditions in the man's apartment
On Sunday morning, the rescue workers were alerted by the girlfriend and a roommate of the obese man, because they had found the man unconscious in his chair. Upon entering the apartment in Bellaire, Ohio, the rescuers were a frightening picture. The rooms of the man had "stinked disgusting" and the chair had been crusted with "urine, faeces and maggots", the summoned assistants reported. A removal of the 43-year-old patient to the hospital in a normal way was not possible according to the statement of the US broadcaster because of his body size, so that in one wall of the house a hole had to be hit. Overall, the hygienic situation in the apartment had been so catastrophic that an official claims to have disposed of his uniform after the deployment of his uniform due to contact with the mixture of excrement and maggots.

Girlfriend continued to provide food to obese people in the chair
Also a representative of the city of Bellaire stressed, „the living room where the man lived in his chair was very dirty, very pathetic“. It is incredible, „that someone can live under these conditions.“ The 43-year-old's girlfriend and roommate, who is now in the hospital, were told to clean the apartment, said the spokesman for the city authorities, adding that otherwise the apartment would be vacated due to the unsustainable hygiene situation. That the man, sitting in his chair, continued to increase, is the report of the television station „WTRL“ According to the fact that the girlfriend regularly supplied the 43-year-old with food.

Unusual rescue operations in massive overweight
The story of the obese man who does not leave his chair for two years shows just how alarming he is at obesity. Again and again, the media report on the severely obese who have not left their homes for years and need to be rescued from their homes for hospitalization or in the event of death by unusual means. Because with increasing obesity, the activity of most sufferers is steadily declining, so that at some point a point is reached, from which obese patients no longer leave their homes and hardly move within their four walls. Every step becomes an effort. The fact that the overweight man from Bellaire, however, apparently did not even stand up for the toilet for two years, is a very unusual case even with massive overweight. More often, however, has already been reported about special salvaging of patients with the crane or other heavy equipment.

Obesity is widespread in industrial societies
Overall, obesity has become a growing problem over the past decade in the modern industrial societies of the World Health Organization (WHO). More and more people suffer from obesity usually associated with significant health complaints. Because obesity increases the risk of many diseases such as heart attacks, cardiovascular diseases, vascular diseases, strokes, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, breast cancer and osteoarthritis. The extreme cases, such as that of the 46-year-old man, who stuck to his chair for two years, are merely the tip of a tendency towards obesity, which is common in industrialized countries. (Sb)

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Picture: Gerd Altmann