The moment the surgeons removed a ball of hair from the stomach of a girl

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Nauseating images show surgeons struggling to remove an 8.04-lb (3.65-kg) ball of hair from a girl's belly.

The hair mass, which measured 35 x 13 cm (13.7 x 5.1 inches), reports Daily Mail.

The severely malnourished girl, originally from India, was hospitalized after suffering severe abdominal pain, which had worsened in the last two years

. When she was interviewed by doctors, she admitted to having made the habit of biting her hair, which is known as Rapunzel syndrome.

Since her grubbing up, she has come out of the hospital.

The 12-year-old child underwent the procedure at the Children's Regional Hospital of Mangystau, in the town of Aktau, in the Mangystau region, southwest Kazakhstan [19659008]. Being malnourish the operation had to be delayed until it was strong enough to pass under the knife.

Her doctor explained, "Because of its low protein level and swollen legs, the doctors needed two days to prepare the surgery. 19659007] WHAT IS THE RAPUNZEL SYNDROME?

Rapunzel syndrome is a rare disease where the hairballs are found in the digestive tract after a person ingests his own hair.

It usually occurs in emotionally or mentally disturbed youth. ball of hair, known as a bezoar, extends from the stomach, with its "tail" in the small intestine.

Hairballs are accumulations of human or plant fibers that collect in the gastrointestinal tract.

and the fibers are not absorbed.

Symptoms may include abdominal pain and nausea.

Untreated, hairballs can cause tears and obstructions in the stomach and intestines.

Source: Journal of Clinical Medicine and Research