The patient was operated on in one of the hospitals in Lyubertsy.
30-year-old Russian woman suffers from a rare disease - trichophagia, according to the website of the regional Ministry of Health. This is an uncontrolled eating of your own hair, which is popularly called "
For more than 10 years, the victim ate hair and did not pay attention to her strange addiction.
As a result, a hairball 20 to 15 cm in size formed in the stomach.
Foreign body removed by endoscopic method, without abdominal surgery. Now the patient is feeling much better and getting ready for discharge.
Doctors warn: if you do not seek medical help on time, trichophagy can lead to death. Since the disease is often associated with mental disorders, it is first necessary to consult a psychiatrist.
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