Originally Posted by
cathyvv
Check Snopes - this is false.
I have to admit that I wondered, but it was posted by Olfa (which I believed to be fairly reliable) and the article is from
the guardian, which is considered relatively reliable (although editorially biased) at least according to the sources I checked. I also checked a couple of medical sites and verified that, even if this particular story is false, it is medically possible.