RAPUNZEL SYNDROME: WHAT IT IS, CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS - PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Rapunzel syndrome: what it is, causes and symptoms



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The Rapunzel syndrome is a psychological illness that occurs in patients suffering from trichotillomania and trichylophagia, that is, an uncontrollable urge to tear and swallow the hairs themselves, which accumulate in the stomach, causing severe abdominal pain and weight loss. Usually this syndrome arises because the hair ingested accumulates in the stomach, since they can not be digested, forming a ball of hair, scientifically called gastroduodenal tricobezoar, that extends from the stomach to the intestine, causing obstruction of the digestive system