{"id":127451,"date":"2026-10-04T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127451"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:12:11","slug":"rapunzel-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/rapunzel-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapunzel Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Rapunzel Syndrome Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala doctors recently removed a One-kg hair mass from a nine-year-old girl&#8217;s stomach and small intestine in a rare Rapunzel syndrome surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Rapunzel Syndrome<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rapunzel syndrome is a very <\/span><b>rare condition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which a <\/span><b>large hair ball (trichobezoar) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gets <\/span><b>lodged in your stomach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>extends into your small intestine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The condition was first described in 1968. It\u2019s named after a fairy-tale character, Rapunzel, who was known for her long hair.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This condition is much <\/span><b>more common among women<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than men. And in about <\/span><b>8 out of 10 cases, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it\u2019s seen among<\/span><b> children, adolescent girls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>young women under 30.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>What Causes Rapunzel Syndrome?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The condition is strongly <\/span><b>linked to trichotillomania <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>trichophagia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Trichotillomania <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>disorder <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wherein a person repeatedly feels<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>urge to pull out their own hair<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>trichophagia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a condition wherein the <\/span><b>pulled or loose hair is swallowed.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These behaviours can occur alongside psychological or emotional difficulties, although not every person with hair-eating behaviour has an underlying psychiatric disorder.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time<\/span><b>,<\/b> <b>repeatedly swallowed hair can collect in the stomach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because it <\/span><b>cannot be broken down <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or digested.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>More hair gradually gets trapped <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the existing mass, <\/span><b>making it larger and harder.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some cases, the mass <\/span><b>eventually extends into the small intestine,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> resulting in Rapunzel syndrome.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Symptom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>s<\/strong> are usually caused by the blockage or related health problems. This can include:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Stomach pain<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bloating<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeling full<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weight loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nausea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low weight and intense fear of weight gain (anorexia nervosa)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Vomiting after meals<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain or discomfort under your ribcage (acute epigastric pain)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patchy hair loss on your scalp (alopecia)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad breath (halitosis)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Treatment:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Endoscopy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can sometimes be used to<\/span><b> remove smaller hairballs, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but very <\/span><b>large masses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or those causing obstruction generally <\/span><b>require surgery.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surgery involves removing the hair mass from the stomach and, when necessary, the intestine. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/news\/india-news\/article\/one-kg-hair-mass-removed-from-nine-year-old-girls-stomach-small-intestine-in-kerala-23653164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>MID<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapunzel Syndrome is a rare condition where a hairball in the stomach extends into the small intestine. 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