Doctors remove 100 gm hairball from stomach of minor girl
Doctors team of Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital For Children successfully removed a 100 gm hairball from the stomach of a 10-year-old girl who used to pull her hair and eat it.
The girl was known to have trichophagiais, compulsive eating of hair linked to trichotillomania (hair pulling) leading to intense stomach pain. The patient is doing well after the 2-hour surgery.
Kiara Bansal (name changed)*, a resident of Dadar, Mumbai was taking period medication as she got menses at the early age of 9. The patient was having heavy bleeding followed by stomach pain for over a year but it didn’t interfere with her daily routine. She didn’t have any other signs or symptoms such as vomiting, loose motions, or weight loss.
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