A woman with an extremely rare condition has broken world records.

Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra is a mom-of-three and, like many mothers, she’s able to produce breast milk for her young kids.

It was during her first pregnancy that Elisabeth noticed that something wasn’t quite right; she was producing around 20 ounces of breast milk on a daily basis.

Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra has a rare condition that causes her to overproduce milk (oneounceatatime/Instagram)

Fast-forward to Elisabeth’s third pregnancy, and this amount increased tenfold.

Speaking in 2023, the mother said that she was pumping 200 ounces a day and that her breast milk production ‘has never slowed or stopped’.

It turns out that Elisabeth has something called hyperlactation syndrome. As per Cleveland Clinic, this happens ‘when a breastfeeding person produces more breast milk than their infant needs’.

“It’s hard to know how many people have breast milk oversupply, but the health condition isn’t unusual,” the website goes on.

“It typically occurs when your feeding or pumping schedule doesn’t match your baby’s feeding needs.”

As of 2023, Elisabeth had donated over 350,000 ounces of breast milk (guinnessworldrecords/Instagram)

Since Elisabeth overproduces breast milk, the mom donated the excess to others in need.

Two years ago, she set the Guinness World Record for the largest donation of breast milk by an individual, donating 1,599.68 L. (over 420 gallons), PEOPLE reported at the time.

Speaking about her condition to the outlet, Elisabeth shared: “I was first officially diagnosed in the spring of 2015, but I started displaying signs and symptoms of hyperlactation syndrome in the summer of 2014 during the pregnancy of my firstborn.

“It was a lot to get a handle on. Not only was I a brand-new mom, but I also needed to learn how to use breast pumps and find a pumping schedule.”

Elisabeth went on to say that hyperlactation syndrome has ‘completely changed my lifestyle’, adding that it ‘can cost hundreds, if not a thousand more per month to have this medical condition’.

While the mom-of-three loves that she’s been able to donate so much breast milk to babies in need, she has been looking at medical routes that may stop her body from overproducing — one option being a double mastectomy.

“One of the options is getting a double mastectomy to remove the actual tissue that creates breast milk,” Elisabeth told PEOPLE.

“I will still have a lot of prolactin in my body, but it wouldn’t affect the tissue receptors that harness it to make more milk.”

She said that she would think more about the options potentially available to her once her youngest child was no longer breastfeeding.

If you’ve ever had an intrusive thought about getting your leg stuck in a travelator at the airport, then this story might leave you terrified.

One woman had to have her leg amputated in Bangkok‘s Don Mueang airport after it became stuck in the conveyer belt-style walkway last year.

The woman, aged 57, had been walking along the travelator when her leg became stuck at the end of the walkway.

The incident occurred at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand (Nathalie Jamois/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

It was reported that she had tripped over her suitcase and ‘fell through a gap’ resulting in her leg becoming trapped.

While the medical team immediately tried to release her leg, they eventually had to amputate from just above the knee after the incident severed the woman’s bones and tendons.

In photos, the woman can be seen sitting on the travelator, with her leg trapped in the machinery.

Following the amputation at the airport, the woman’s limb was placed in a foam box in the hopes of it being reattached. However, after being taken to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital shortly after the horrifying incident, the woman was told her leg could not be saved.

The woman’s leg became trapped in the travelator (ViralPress)

At the time, the unnamed woman’s son wrote on Facebook: “My mother’s morale is quite concerning. We got to speak to her a bit before and after the operation… Even though she showed her strength through facial expression and tone of voice, we knew that deep down she was broken because she suddenly lost a leg.

“Our family knows very well that we can neither make her leg work like before, nor can we bring back the same life she had lived.”

Meanwhile, airport director Karun Thanakuljeerapat said of the incident: “On behalf of the Don Mueang international airport, I’d like to express my deepest condolences regarding the accident.

“I’d like to insist that we will ensure that no such accident will happen again.”

She was rushed to hospital after the incident (ViralPress)

A spokesperson later added: “The director of Don Mueang Airport and management has visited the patient to follow up on the treatment and received information from the medical team at Bhumibol Hospital that she is currently in the process of receiving treatment from the medical team.

“Don Mueang Airport is deeply saddened by the incident and ready to fully accept the responsibility as well as take care of the medical expenses and compensation.”

Months later, the woman took her first steps following the ordeal.

Speaking about the moment, her son said: “My mum walked for 15 minutes and must practice every day. It’s very encouraging. She’s still as beautiful as ever despite everything that has happened. I hope that soon she’ll be running faster than me.”

A student had to have his limbs amputated after eating his friend’s leftover food.

This may sound like an urban legend, or a cautionary tale warning you against eating leftovers, but it’s actually what happened to a 19-year-old student identified only as JC after he decided to eat his pal’s chicken noodles.

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, JC had some of his friend’s noodle dish that had been bought from a restaurant the night before and had been left in the fridge overnight.

When JC ate the noodles though, he immediately started to feel ill.

The report indicates that the patient had a severely high temperature, a pulse of 166 beats per minute, and had to be sedated. He was so ill that he had to be taken to the intensive care unit of another hospital by helicopter to receive further treatment.

The student ate his friend’s leftover chicken noodles, but would soon come to regret it (Getty Stock Image)

JC had no known allergies and had received his childhood vaccinations, and while he wasn’t a big drinker, he admitted to smoking two packs of cigarettes each week and marijuana on a daily basis.

The report states: “The patient had been well until 20 hours before this admission, when diffuse abdominal pain and nausea developed after he ate rice, chicken, and lo mein leftovers from a restaurant meal.

“Five hours before this admission, purplish discoloration [sic] of the skin developed, and a friend took the patient to the emergency department of another hospital for evaluation.”

In a YouTube video exploring the case, ‘Dr Bernard’ explained what happened to JC’s body after eating the dish, stating that he likely contracted an aggressive bacterial infection.

In less than 24 hours after eating the food, JC’s kidneys had failed and he started having blood clots.

Blood test results from the previous hospital found that he had a bacterium in his blood called Neisseria meningitidis. This can cause a Meningococcal disease that can lead to an inappropriate clotting of blood within the vessels.

The student ended up in hospital in a very bad way (Getty Stock Image)

“It’s kind of like getting a cut on your skin – the bleeding stops eventually because of blood clot, then the area around the cut becomes swollen and warm,” Dr Bernard explained in the video.

“It is swollen because the blood vessels dilate so that more blood can get to the area and the swelling is partly due to the fact that there is increase fluid and the warmth is the inflammation.

“But, when bacteria is present in the blood, the entire body’s blood vessels dilate, dropping then blood pressure, preventing oxygen from getting into the organs.”

“Little clots [start to] form everywhere, as they get lodged into small blood vessels blocking blood flow,” he continued. “As his hands and feet become cold, they are starved of oxygen.”

The oxygen-starved tissues can turn necrotic for a thrombotic condition called Purpura fulminans that rapidly leads to necrosis.

While JC did stabilise, the tissue on his fingers and on his legs down to his feet developed gangrene. He had to have parts of all 10 fingers amputated, as well as a bilateral below-knee amputations.

26 days after the incident, JC became conscious and his condition improved.

Dr Bernard said that evidence suggests that the food wasn’t good ,but they couldn’t identify for sure how JC developed the infection, as the bacteria that causes it usually spread through saliva.

It was a ‘freak accident’ and they may never find out how the bacteria came to be in the food in the first place.

Interestingly, JC had received his first meningococcal vaccine before middle school, though he had never had the booster shot recommended four years later.

A young girl has died after drinking a milkshake that had been prepared in an unwashed blender.

Mia St Hilaire ordered a milkshake at the Pop Inn Cafe on Southwark Park Road in south-east London, but shortly after drinking the beverage, she was rushed to hospital.

Despite the best efforts of emergency services, the 12-year-old tragically died.

Now, it has been revealed the girl suffered from a severe allergic reaction to the shake, and the cafe operator responsible has been fined over the incident.

The girl died after drinking a milkshake from this London cafe (Google Maps)

Mia’s parents said the youngster had a tree nut allergy, leading Southwark Council to believe the drink prepared by the cafe had traces of hazelnuts or almonds in.

CCTV footage then revealed the cafe’s operator, Baris Yucel, had not cleaned the blender before making Mia’s drink, meaning it possibly had traces of nuts made from a previous order that triggered Mia to go into an anaphylactic shock.

Southwark Council argued the drink was the trigger to Mia’s allergic reaction, and that her death could’ve been avoided, BBC news reports.

In December last year, Yucel pleaded guilty at Croydon Magistrates’ Court to six charges, including serving food that contained an allergic ingredient, a lack of allergen signage or information visible to customers, and a failure to identify cross contamination risks of allergenic ingredients.

The 47-year-old was fined £18,000 (around $22,0000) and ordered to 100 hours of community service in his sentencing on Friday (January 24).

Mia’s grieving parents, Adrian and Chanel, said in a statement: “We think of Mia every day and knowing her death could potentially have been prevented so simply, only adds to how heartbroken we are as a family.

“We hope this conviction and fine sends a loud message to businesses serving food and drinks across the country, of the devastating consequences of failing to take food safety seriously”, reports Your Local Guardian.

The family’s attorney, Michelle Victor, also highlighted that businesses failing to adhere to food safety protocols can have ‘tragic consequences’.

Meanwhile, the UK’s food allergy charity, The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, said in a post on Instagram: “This is yet another death of a young person from a food allergy that should never have happened. We have met Mia’s parents on several occasions, and our hearts are absolutely broken for them and their terrible loss.

“Rules around allergen safety are there to protect people with food allergies and must be taken seriously by all café and food operators. Food allergies are not a choice or preference, but a serious medical condition that can for some be fatal.”

The girl died after the authorities found the blender hadn’t been washed (Getty Images)

The charity added that while the cafe’s fines and community service is ‘welcome’, it does not believe the sentencing ‘reflect[s] the gravity of what happened to Mia’.

Its statement continued: “How many more people must be hospitalised or die before all food operators realise these rules are not an optional extra, but essential for keeping their customers safe?”

The cafe continues to be monitored by the local authority, and has been granted a five-star Food Hygiene Rating in two occasions since the incident.

A lawyer for Yucel also said the businessman had ‘shown genuine remorse’ and ‘a day does not go by’ when he doesn’t think of Mia or her family.

UNILAD has contacted the Pop Inn Cafe for comment.

Signs of anaphylactic shock

Peanuts and tree nuts are the most common causes of an allergic reaction (Getty Images)

Anaphylaxis, otherwise known as anaphylactic shock, is a severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that happens quickly, according to the NHS.

An allergy attack might look like:

• Itchy skin or a red skin rash
• Swollen feet and/or hands
• Swollen eyes and/or lips
• Mouth, throat or tongue swelling which causes difficulty breathing and swallowing
• Wheezing
• Vomiting and nausea
• Abdominal pain
• Collapse
• Unconsciousness

What causes an allergic reaction?

Anyone can have an allergic reaction, regardless of age, race, or gender, as the body’s immune system reacts to a substance, usually food or drink, by producing antibodies that attack allergens.

In turn, this can cause an allergic reaction to the skin, airways, sinuses, or digestive system.

On the more serious scale, anaphylaxis is not as common, but occurs when the body overreacts to the substance and develops within four hours, or even minutes, of contact with an allergen.

People who have allergic conditions, such as asthma or the allergic skin condition of atopic eczema are most at risk of developing anaphylaxis.

Common anaphylaxis triggers

The most common allergen triggers of anaphylaxis are:

• Insect stings (wasps and bees)
• Peanuts
• Tree nuts
• Other nuts – walnuts, cashews, almonds, brazil nuts and hazelnuts
• Milk
• Fish
• Shellfish
• Eggs
• Some fruit like bananas, kiwi, grapes, and strawberries
• Certain medicines like penicillin-like antibiotics
• General anaesthetic
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen and aspirin

What to do when someone has an allergic reaction

People with eczema and asthma are most at risk of developing anaphylaxis (Getty Images)

Anaphylaxis is a medical emergency which requires an adrenaline shot.

Some people with severe allergies carry an auto-injector, which has to be injected into their outer thigh and held in place for five to 10 seconds.

Paramedics will still need to be contacted as the sufferer could still be unwell, even after the shot.

A second dose may need to be administered to their opposite thigh.

The person suffering the attack will need to lie flat with their legs raised, or sat up if they are struggling to breathe.

If they become unconscious, they’ll need to be moved to the recovery position on their side with their head tilted back and chin lifted.

CPR will need to be performed if they stop breathing or their heart stops.

How many people die from anaphylaxis?

An epipen will be needed to administer adrenaline in an anaphylactic episode (Getty Images)

The risk of death from anaphylaxis is low, at about one percent in the United States, or around 500 to 1,000 people dying from it every year.

In the UK, there are around 20 deaths every year.

The leading cause of fatalities from allergens are peanuts and tree nuts.

The NHS states with ‘prompt and proper treatment’, most sufferers make a ‘full recovery’.