You would not imagine what she was doing … so the surgeons saved that lady!

Medical surgeons at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital in Riyadh rescued a woman who had been taken to the emergency department to complain of severe abdominal pain after successfully removing a mbad of hair from her stomach after an advanced clinical examination. "The patient complained of abdominal pain, the vital signs were examined and complete tests were performed, but all results were normal," said Dr. Khaled Ahmed, consultant in general surgery, endoscopic surgery and obesity. : "The state of the patient called for hypnosis and examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract T, then show the presence of a large block of hair extended from the top to the bottom of the stomach with a gastric ulcer ".

He confirmed that "the operation was successful, and the patient took food and drink without medical problem, drove the patient out of the hospital and is followed in the external clinic ".

"Rapunzel Syndrome"

It turned out that the patient had a "Rapunzel syndrome", a mental illness that results in hair ingestion, which leads to the formation of A mbad of hair in the stomach or intestines.

Symptoms of Rabunzel syndrome include abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, persistent vomiting, weight loss, constipation, and diarrhea.These mental disorders can lead to more serious complications, including gastrointestinal ulcers. And in rare cases, the patient with this syndrome can eat brother Yen's hair, like his brother or sister.

It should be noted that people suffering from this disease, most of them suffer from mental disabilities and some disorders lead to eating their hair or the hair of other people: the first feel the need to pull hair and relax Some non-nutritious and unhealthy substances such as clay, soap, fabric, dirt, hair and gravel are common in pregnant women, children, the elderly and autistic patients.