My teenage daughter complained of tummy aches for months before doctors found a ‘putrid’ melon-sized hairball in her stomach… and here is the shocking photo
After the doctors discovered that his daughter thought he was ‘Gluten intolerance’, a mother was terrified; This made the young girl anemik.
Jodie Collins, who lives in Newquay, Cornwall, announced that he had gone from one professional to another and tried to understand what could happen behind the sporadic abdominal pain of 14 -year -old Erin, who has disturbed him since November before the surprising revelation.
His two mothers believed that their symptoms could be intolerance, but all the relevant tests were normally returned.
Until May this year, his child’s cramps were dramatic and worsened and led to Jodie’s forcing for answers.
48 -year -old, doctors, also known as Trichobesoar Erin’s stomach in his stomach, believed to be a harsh mass was immediately worried when they felt a harsh mass.
He ran to the Bristol Children’s Hospital, where an operation confirmed a giant 8.3 -inch hair ball in the stomach of young people, and was probably there for years’.
The surgeons spent five hours by drawing Erin with more than one diet.
Jodie, who works in the management, said that her daughter has been hair-ri since a baby-but it has never seen any of it swallowed, and that doctors suspected that Erin could eat 20 inches of locks in her sleep.
Jodie Collins, who lives in Newquay, Cornwall, was horrified when the doctors discovered that their daughter’s ‘gluten intolerance’ was actually a melon -sized hair cannon.
Fortunately, he recovered 10 days later in the hospital, but the shocking ordeal decided to share Jodie with the dangers of hair loading with others.
‘Erin was suffering from really bad stomach cramps for six months,’ ‘he added. “ “ I downloaded to food intolerance, lactose or gluten intolerance I thought.
‘Doctors could not understand it. Food intolerance tests could not find anything.
The pain was quite high. He was really sprayed, but when he arrived, he was really bad and he had to get out of school.
‘I pushed it to the doctor and directed him for an ultrasound, but it didn’t take anything and it was completely normal.’
Terrible discovery was made to the subsequent scans.
Im I would inflate him as a baby and hold my hair and bend, Jod Jodie explained. “ He was always really tactile and played with hair.
But I never saw him put his hair in his mouth, so he was shocked to me.
The mother of the two believed that their symptoms could be a food intolerance associated with gluten or menstruation, but all the relevant tests were normally returned
Erin, a surgery giant, 8.3 -inch hair ball undoubtedly confirmed that the young man was stuck in his stomach.
Surgeons spent five hours by pulling the mass of melon -sized melon -sized melon, which left an anemik and painful problems with multiple nutritional problems.
Jodie said that his 14 -year -old daughter Erin (in the picture), who has disturbed him since November last year, said that he asked the case behind sporadic stomach pains.
After 10 days in the hospital, he was discharged home, but his stomach may remain big for years.
The surgeon said he could do it in his sleep even without noticing it. He turns his hair a lot. ‘
Hairball left Erin’s stomach three times larger than its normal size – and then a personalized vitamin and mineral food bag was given to help renew the nutrients that it prevented its body being swallowed.
“Surgeons said the smell was incredible, Jod Jodie confessed. “ I imagine that this is like the worst Plughole. Putrid and said he was one of the biggest things they’ve ever dealed with.
“ They are not sure how long it is there. I suspect that it is years to look at your size.
“ They were really grateful because they did not enter their intestines because it would be really complicated.
“ Took the entire stomach. The result was that the food was not processed properly. It was anemic and had many nutritional problems.
His stomach was then evacuated. It was much more serious than I expected. It could have been much worse, finally it would collapse. ‘
Although Erin is on the path of healing, his stomach may remain big for years.
Jodie, “ `Now in his sleep to sleep to sleep, we took one of these hoods, ” Jodie explained.
“ Hair Fidget toys, or the children who rotate or take something to break this cycle, or if it’s really bad, apparently CBT therapy may be good to break the hair.
‘Don’t just leave for years. Definitely try to break the habit. ‘
