Some people in the world have some strange habits. Some of these are called medical disorders. A girl from China is affected by such a strange habit. The South China Morning Post mentioned that 3 kg of hairballs have now formed in the stomach after chewing hair for the past few years. Apart from that, it has also been mentioned that the girl’s head has almost become bald due to eating her own hair.
A 14-year-old girl from China’s Shaanxi Province has been living with her grandparents as her parents were out of town for work. In this case, the girl has been hospitalized for the past few days as she has not been able to eat. An examination revealed a brick’s worth of hair inside the stomach and intestines. Doctors also found that the girl was suffering from Pica, a condition where she eats dirt, paper, clay and other inedible objects. After almost two hours of surgery, the doctors successfully removed the hair.
In this regard, Shi Hai, a gynecological and intestinal specialist from Jian Daxing Hospital, who treated the girl, said, “The girl was brought to us in a condition where she could not eat. Later we found on examination that his stomach was covered with hair. It was revealed that even his intestines were so blocked that there was no room for food in his stomach.
The girl lives with her grandparents. They don’t seem to notice much about the change in the girl’s behavior. They did not notice that the girl had been suffering from mental health problems for years. In order to avoid such problems, it is necessary for parents to pay attention to their children, even if there is a situation where they have to leave their children.
Several studies have already shown that eating hair can lead to dangerous consequences. In 2017, a 16-year-old British student died of a sudden illness. A post-mortem examination of the cause of death revealed that the student had a ball of hair lodged in his abdomen. According to the US National Institutes of Health, patients who eat their hair are usually suffering from Rapunzel syndrome, a mental disorder called trichophagia.