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Successful surgery to remove hairballs in the intestines of a girl due to Rapunzel syndrome

According to the family’s description, the baby had intermittent, dull abdominal pain for about 5 days before being admitted to the hospital. The condition at the time of admission, the baby had severe abdominal pain, bowel obstruction accompanied by vomiting green fluid.

MSc Ho Tran Ban – head of the outpatient team and his colleagues diagnosed the girl with intestinal obstruction suspected of being caused by a hair bun and needed urgent surgery.

Regarding this case, Dr. BS Tran Quoc Viet, Department of Directing, said: The baby’s bowel obstruction comes from Rapunzel syndrome (Rapunzel syndrome), also known as “cloud-haired princess” syndrome. . This syndrome is a very noticeable problem and causes dangerous complications such as intestinal obstruction.

Patients tend to”love to eat hair “. Hair will not be able to digest as food when tolerated, leading to a buildup of bunions in the stomach or in the small intestine.

At Children’s Hospital 2, similar cases are received every year and are increasing in recent times. Most babies need surgery to remove the giant hairball from their digestive tract. In particular, all cases of children need to be followed up with long-term psychological treatment afterwards.

Therefore, parents should observe carefully when taking care of their children to detect problems early, and at the same time join with medical staff in helping to limit hair-swallowing behavior and lift children’s spirits.

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