Tag: eating of hair

A Hair-Raising Tale: Doctors Remove Massive Hairball from Child’s Stomach, Saving Life

In a case described as “one in a million,” a team of doctors at Aster Whitefield Hospital successfully treated an 8-year-old girl suffering from trichobezoar, a condition caused by trichophagia, the compulsive eating of hair also known as Rapunzel Syndrome. It started as an innocent habit. For two years, Aditi (name changed), the young girl […]

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