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Pamela Kilah suffer ruptured bowel amid colonic irrigation

  • A 65-year-old woman has opened up about her terrifying near-death ordeal 
  • Pamela Kilah underwent colonic irrigation – a treatment that helps detoxify body
  • Involves flushing out the contents of the intestines via tubes pumped with water
  • The has been struggling to walk since she was hospitalised about a year ago
  • She underwent surgeries after she suffered a ruptured bowel and collapsed lung

Cindy Tran for Daily Mail Australia

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A 65-year-old woman has opened up about her terrifying near-death ordeal after undergoing a cleansing detox treatment.

Pamela Kilah, from Brisbane, was left with excruciating pain mid-way through colonic irrigation – a health fad that helps detoxify the body and banishes bloating.

The treatment, which has been long endorsed by many Hollywood stars, involves flushing out the contents of the intestines via tubes pumped with water.

But the procedure was far from glamorous for the Australian mother who has been struggling to walk since she was hospitalised about a year ago.

Pamela Kilah (pictured) has opened up about her terrifying near-death ordeal after undergoing a cleansing detox treatment that has left her struggling to walk

Pamela Kilah (pictured) has opened up about her terrifying near-death ordeal after undergoing a cleansing detox treatment that has left her struggling to walk

Pamela Kilah (pictured) has opened up about her terrifying near-death ordeal after undergoing a cleansing detox treatment that has left her struggling to walk

‘I was in a lot of pain,’ she told Today Tonight Adelaide. 

Ms Kilah claimed she was in such severe pain, she was unable to dress herself at the clinic as her desperate pleas for an ambulance were dismissed.

‘[The] fourth time, I yelled, I raised my voice and yelled [for an ambulance],’ she said.

After being rushed to hospital, she learned she had suffered peritonitis – a life-threatening infectious inflammation caused by leakage or a hole in the intestines.

Ms Kilah claims she underwent three surgeries to repair the damage after she was left with a ruptured bowel, collapsed lungs and a congestive heart failure. 

The 65-year-old has been struggling to walk since she was hospitalised about a year ago

The 65-year-old has been struggling to walk since she was hospitalised about a year ago

The 65-year-old has been struggling to walk since she was hospitalised about a year ago

She has since downsized her home after she was no longer able to maintain it on her own

She has since downsized her home after she was no longer able to maintain it on her own

She has since downsized her home after she was no longer able to maintain it on her own

She said she decided to do the procedure after her daughter was happy with her colonic irrigation treatment.

The mother has since downsized her home after she was no longer able to maintain it on her own.

She hopes by telling her story, she’s warning other people against the treatment that has been popping up at beauty spas across the globe. 

‘Don’t do it. Don’t go there,’ she urged. 

‘I nearly died two or three times.’

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