At Manipal Hospital in Dwarka, Delhi, doctors removed a bunch of hair weighing about 1.16 kg from the stomach of a 20-year-old student. The student was troubled by the habit of eating her hair for about 11 years. Due to swallowing hair for a long time, the hair gradually started accumulating in his stomach and eventually took the form of a large and hard lump.
Student reached hospital after stomach ache and vomiting
The student was having severe stomach pain for a few days. Along with this, he also complained of vomiting and nausea. She was not able to eat properly for a long time. Due to this, his weight was continuously decreasing and he was feeling weakness in his body.
During examination, doctors felt a hard lump in the stomach. After this, endoscopy was done, in which a large amount of hair was found inside the stomach. During the conversation, the student told that she had been eating her hair for about 11 years.
Endoscopy could not remove a lock of hair
According to Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal, head of the surgery department of Manipal Hospital, the clump of hair deposited in the stomach had become very large and hard. In such a situation, it was not possible to remove it through normal endoscopy.
After this the doctors decided to perform surgery. A small incision was made in the abdomen and the entire tuft of hair was carefully taken out. According to doctors, the weight of the tuft of hair removed was about 1.16 kg and it was spread over a large part of the stomach.
A bunch of hair had reached the digestive system
According to doctors, the tuft of hair was not limited to the stomach only, but it was also affecting the front part of the digestive system. It had reached from the junction of the food pipe and stomach to the path leading to the small intestine.
Doctors took special care during the surgery, so that the inner lining of the stomach was not damaged while taking out the hair tuft.
What is Trichophagia?
The habit of continuously eating your hair in medical language Trichophagia It is said. Swallowing hair for a long time can cause it to accumulate in the stomach, get tangled together and form a hard clump. This tuft of hair that forms in the stomach Trichobezoar It is said.
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