Doctors Remove Massive Meter-Long Hairball From 9-Year-Old Girl After Years of Undetected Hair Eating
Yahoo News Canada••health
Key Points:
- A nine-year-old girl in Vietnam was hospitalized with a life-threatening complete intestinal blockage caused by a massive hairball, resulting from years of undetected hair eating linked to trichophagia.
- Doctors at the Franco-Vietnamese Hospital identified the hairball, nearly one meter long, tightly coiled from the stomach to the small intestine, after the child presented severe abdominal pain, vomiting, weight loss, and pallor.
- The girl underwent a complex three-hour laparoscopic surgery combined with gastrointestinal endoscopy to successfully remove the obstruction, leading to immediate pain relief and discharge five days later.
- Trichophagia, often related to mild psychological disorders or stress, can cause serious health risks if untreated, highlighting the importance of early
