Little Sophie discovers she has Rapunzel Syndrome
It all started as what seemed to be a simple stomach ache, which is why the little girl’s mother Sophie he decided to accompany her to the hospital. In reality, however, this stomach ache hid much more and this has to do with Rapunzel.
Here is the incredible story about this sweet little girl.
Little Sophie has a strong stomach ache: her mother takes her to the hospital
The protagonist of this story is a 9 year old girl called Sophie which, suddenly, began to feel a loud noise malaise which got worse as time went on. In fact, the little girl told her mother that she had a strong stomach ache and subsequently she began to vomit and then cry, as the situation was really unmanageable for her.
At first the little girl’s mother wasn’t worried because little ones often get stomach aches. In fact, have you thought about a problem with constipation, indigestion or… gastroenteritis which usually occurs with great frequency in pediatric age.
At a certain point, however, Sophie began to complain pain in a well-spread point of his belly. At that moment the mother realized that perhaps it could be something more serious. Megan, this is the woman’s name, then decided to prepare her daughter to take her in hospital.
The unexpected discovery: Sophie and Rapunzel Syndrome
Once she arrived at the hospital the little girl was examined by the doctors and they formulated a diagnosis completely unexpected. The little girl was diagnosed with Rapunzel syndrome which, in fact, refers to the beautiful one princess with very long blonde hair.
In short, Sophie had a stomach ache because inside the stomach a mass of hair had formed and was slowly taking over his body. Obviously the doctors decided to operate on her immediately. In the end they managed to remove the foreign body that could have caused sepsis in the little girl.
Rapunzel Syndrome is a little-known disease on which there is not much information and at first glance the idea of swallowing hair it may be completely harmless to your health. Unfortunately, however, when you lose control over it, you can swallow more hair than normal and run into serious problems like those that were affecting Sophie. Usually it is the people who suffer from Trichotillomania (those who tear their hair out) to be more vulnerable. These individuals are led to eat substances that should not be introduced into the human body.
You have to be very careful as the clump of hair that is defined trichobezoar it may not be evident in the initial stages, but can lead to serious problems. Among the most serious are intestinal blockage, peritonitis and gastric perforation. It is then necessary to support a psychiatric intervention in subjects who are affected by this disease in order to prevent its return.
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