Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare intestinal condition in humans resulting from ingesting hair. The syndrome is named after the long-haired girl Rapunzel in the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Trichophagia is sometimes associated with the hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania.
The Rapunzel syndrome is an unusual form of trichobezoar found in patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, trichotillomania (habit of hair pulling) and trichophagia (morbid habit of chewing the hair), consequently developing gastric bezoars. The principal symptoms are vomiting and epigastric pain.
Rapunzel syndrome is caused by the ingestion of hair. Rapunzel syndrome is characterized by a compulsive disorder of pulling one's own hair and ingesting it. There are several psychiatric disorders that are associated with Rapunzel syndrome, such as trichotillomania, trichophagia, and pica.
Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare cause of digestive symptoms, such as abdominal pain, anorexia, or weight loss in children.
The diagnosis of Rapunzel syndrome is possible via imaging, and endoscopy is a direct and accurate diagnostic method. In terms of treatment, laparotomy remains superior to laparoscopic surgery.
Trichobezoar with Rapunzel syndrome is an uncommon diagnosis in children with less than 40 cases reported.
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare type of trichobezoar with an extension of the hair into the small bowel. Clinical presentation is deceptive and vague, ranging from asymptomatic abdominal mass to gastrointestinal perforation. There are only few cases reported in literature, with the youngest age being 3 years.
Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare condition associated with trichophagia (hair eating disorder) secondary to a psychiatric illness called trichotillomania (hair-pulling behaviour). It is most commonly seen in children and adolescents. Untreated cases can lead to a number of complications.
Rapunzel's hair is what makes her special, glowing bright gold when she sings a special song known as "Healing Incantation". It is known to have the ability to heal the sick and wounded as well as restore life to those who have just died or fallen unconcious.
People who eat hair over a long period of time may begin to have abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation due to the accumulation of hair that develops into a hairball, medically referred to as a trichobezoar.
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7, shows doctors extracting the mass of hair that filled up almost the entirety of the young girl's stomach, it looked like a mold made out of hair was taken from her organ. Officials with the Chechen Ministry of Health said the girl had Rapunzel syndrome, also known as trichobezoar.
Rapunzel frantically is trying to find Pascal and she returns back to the tower to locate him cause she knows he will be there. Upon seeing the place where all the abuse happened to her she shudders and falls back, suffering a small PTSD shock of returning here.
We witness multiple instances of Rapunzel grappling with her Stockholm Syndrome throughout her experience, including the conflicting emotions she vocalizes after first escaping, and even after she discovers how smart and strong she can be from her and Flynn's misadventures.
Weaknesses: Can sometimes be clumsy and naive.
5. If you laid out the individual hairs of a person with 12 inches of hair, end to end, they would reach 26 miles. Rapunzel's hair would reach 1,820 miles! 6.
In this show, Rapunzel is a young woman who becomes trapped in a large tower for many years after she searched for a plant called "night-root" that would remove her fear of becoming queen following her brother's death. Because of this, she has extremely long hair.
We measured and weighed the hair of several team members, and based on averages and ratios we determined that Rapunzel's hair would weigh 20 pounds. Since we couldn't get 70-foot-long strands of human hair, we had to use a material that has a similar strength-to-weight ratio as human hair: aluminum.
Trichophagia, the eating of hair, is a subset of trichotillomania, which is the compulsive pulling out of one's own hair.
Personality. Rapunzel is a spirited, smart, clever, kind, playful, and a very adventurous girl in her late teens, though a bit naive. However, she is not afraid to stand up for herself or others when the situation calls for bravery.
As an Enneagram Seven, Rapunzel is adaptable, curious and optimistic. She has an enthusiastic and forward-looking approach to life. Enneagram Sevens are often generalists who are able to learn quickly and have a wide range of skills.
Hair/fuzz eating is not uncommon and may just be a bad habit. It could however be a form of PICA (eating things that are not food) which may be due to something missing from her diet so a visit to the pediatrician to discuss the hair eating is a good first step.
The habitual swallowing of hairs over the years leads to the formation of a hair ball in the stomach. Extension of hairs beyond the stomach into the small bowel in the form of a tail has been termed Rapunzel syndrome[3], after Rapunzel, the heroine of a German fairy tale[4].