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Doctors Remove Woman's 10-Pound Hairball
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| rabbitjoker |
http://www.knbc.com/news/14693479/detail.html
5-Inch-Long Mass Had To Be Surgically Removed
Doctors have removed a 10-pound hairball from the stomach of an 18-year-old woman, the New England Journal of Medicine reported last week.
The woman had gone to the doctor because of vomiting, abdominal pain and weight loss. Doctors said she also suffered from a condition called trichophagia, or the compulsive eating of hair.
The Chicago doctors surgically removed the 15-inch-long, 7-inch-wide mass, which was taking up most of the room in her stomach.
The journal reports that a year after surgery, the woman is pain-free and no longer eating her hair.
Video: http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=188601 |
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| chinamon |
too much carpet munching.
kinda resembles a chicken wing. |
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| jchung52 |
| that is ed.... but wouldnt hair dissolve in stomach acid? or was she just eating so much at a time that it just clogged? |
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| barbina |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
too much carpet munching.
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:eyes: :eyes: |
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| FunkyCrew |
| wtf?! eating her own hair?! |
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| iLLnaDa |
| :nervous: :nervous: |
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| Invasionmix |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
wtf?! eating her own hair?! |
I don't think she can accumulate 10 lbs worth of her own hair, it's probably from other people too :S |
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| MKpacha |
It is a disorder.... ever see girls twisting their hair and sucking on it? Some eat it.... I had a girl in one of my labs who did.... she would literally pull at her hair till it came out and suck/ eat it...
its like people who pick their nails or bite their nails... |
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| afterhrsgurl |
| wtf...ewww i remember seing a smiliar situation about a woman in India...i think it was on Guiness World Record..i remember her saying she had the "urge" to eat hair...it was like a habit for her |
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| HypnotEyez |
maan..people gotta get their protein from other sources!!! really!!
:p
yuck though...
i know this happens in cats and dogs and such (my friend had to put her dog under the knife because he was eating her cat's hair that got twirled in his intestines)...but humans? |
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| Djsketchbag |
| I saw something along these lines on the Discovery channel a while back, for some reason i love the Discovery channel on sunday mornings after going out sat night :D How it's Made FTW! |
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