She has been suffering from a rare disease for many years.

17-year-old Indian woman admitted to Jharkhand state clinic with severe abdominal pain, tells The Sun.

Doctors immediately performed a complex operation and removed a huge trichobezoar weighing over six kilograms. The surgical procedure lasted about six hours.. The patient is now undergoing rehabilitation.

Experts found that she ate her own hair for many years. This is regarded as trichophagia, or " According to doctors, people suffering from this rare disease involuntarily eat their hair, which then accumulates in the organs of the gastrointestinal tract.. This process is accompanied by pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting..

In the overwhelming majority, trichophagia affects the fair sex: about 70% of all patients are women under the age of 20.

Experts note: Rapunzel syndrome leads to death without timely medical care. First of all, he needs to be treated by a psychiatrist..

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