And you thought your cats were gross...

Posted by Stacy in Medicine on January 21, 2008 at 4:08 pm


hairball

That?  Is a 10-pound hairball that was living happily in the stomach of an 18-year-old woman.  The woman apparently had a habit of eating her hair (also known as trichophagia).  She went to the doctor after five months of stomach pain, vomiting after eating and a 40-pound weight loss. 

 

Link [Photo: The New England Journal of Medicine]


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10 comments to "And you thought your cats were gross..."

  1. CSI
    January 21st, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    40-pound weight loss? I bet they'll be plenty of girls frantically chewing on their hair when they read about that.

  2. biltmore
    January 21st, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    Yummy!

  3. Ali S.
    January 21st, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    *gags* :(

  4. Louisa
    January 21st, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Egads. My sister used to suck on her hair as a kid. Can't wait to send her this article. I'm evil.

  5. John Sadowski
    January 21st, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    Holy crumbs that's weird.

  6. haricotvert
    January 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 am

    Um... repost? I swear I have seen this on Neatorama already.

  7. haricotvert
    January 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 am

    Confirmed repost:

    http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/ten-pound-hairball-removed-from-wo man/

  8. Alex
    January 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 am

    Ah, that's why it looked so familiar! Well, duplicates happen (especially when we have over 12,000 posts on Neatorama and multiple authors). Still, a very neat post!

  9. Bunk Strutts
    January 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 am

    One of my favorite words that I rarely use: "BEZOAR!"

  10. k
    January 22nd, 2008 at 8:26 am

    yeah, this is pretty old


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