2022/06/05
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The pioneers of the communication sites republished a strange and shocking medical incident that occurred in the conservative country of Saudi Arabia, where a medical team successfully at the Madinah General Hospital managed to extract a mass of hair weighing two and a half kilograms from the stomach of a 17-year-old girl.
In the details, the hair mass accumulated in the girl’s stomach over several years, and the girl was referred to the hospital following suffering severe abdominal pain, and she underwent a delicate surgery to extract the mass.
For his part, the official spokesman for Madinah Health, “Moayyed Abu Anaq,” told the local newspaper, Okaz, that the girl, who is still a student at the school, went to the hospital and was suffering from severe abdominal pain to the point where she might not eat or drink, and following conducting the necessary medical examinations, it was found that there was a blockage in a cavity The girl’s stomach, where it was decided to have an operation to discover the cause of the obstruction.
He added that she had the operation successfully, and it was found that there was a mass of hair inside the stomach, and that the blockage extended from the cardia opening at the top of the stomach to the pyloric opening leading to the duodenum.
The official spokesman for Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Health indicated that the patient was discharged from the hospital following recovering completely.
And medical sources in the hospital pointed out to an explanation of the strange incident of the sick girl, that this case is one of the rare cases, and the main reason is attributed to a psychological condition that forces the patient to eat his hair for many years.
