Doctors remove 1.2kg hair ball from 16-year-old girl's stomach

Ananova ^ | 06/30/2001

[mattdono]

Doctors in northern India have removed a 1.2 kg ball of hair from a 16-year-old girl's stomach.

The Dainik Ujala newspaper says doctors operated on Kiran Singh at a hospital in Dharampur near Shimla.

Her parents say she's pulled out her hair and swallowed it since early childhood.

Her father Ajit said: "No-one thought much of it initially. It was only when she came of age that she began to over-do the eating.

"Now the doctors have relieved her of her misery we hope she gives up the dreadful habit. Someone might just wonder whether we don't feed her enough at home."

Local doctor Shailendra Bisht said: "The habit of eating hair in children is usually indicative of stress arising from parental over-expectation. However, a thorough psychological evaluation of the girl is necessary to get to the root of the problem."

[AnnaZ]

Local doctor Shailendra Bisht said: "The habit of eating hair in children is usually indicative of stress arising from parental over-expectation. However, a thorough psychological evaluation of the girl is necessary to get to the root of the problem."

She can't possibly have really said that.

[shaggy eel]

,,, a kilogram is 2.205 lbs. It's also 1000 grams.

[shaggy eel]

Her parents say she's pulled out her hair and swallowed it since early childhood.

,,, nice to have the time.

[general_re]

Odd that it didn't occur to her parents that this was probably not a good habit for her to have...

[skateman]

Mmmmm...we can file that under "Breakfast Cereal Names That Never Caught On"...

ROFLMAO, Thanks dude, you made my day.

[shaggy eel]

,,, the cat fur intake was probably saving them some rupees on the rice bill.

[mc5cents]

Frosted Fecal Balls!

[dighton]

Avoid Ack-Ack

Root of the problem .... sheesh!

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

There's no telling how big a hairball they'd find in Bubba's gut.

I'll put my money on Martina Navritolova.......

[LoneConservative]

The condition is called Trichomoniasis. It's more common than you realize.
I do A/V work and graphics for a teaching hospital in NYC, and in 31/2 years here,
I've seen at least 3 cases.
M

[general_re]

[Doc-Joe]

One kg is equivalent to 2.2lbs

[ArneFufkin]

Would you folks please quit posting this Ananova b.s.? We can all get the Weekly World News at the checkout stand. At least SockstheCat waits until a Friday or Saturday night and puts nice pink brothel wallpaper in the background of his Enquirer/Globe sourced contributions.

[foolscap]

I'm glad someone else had to ask that question besides me :)

[foolscap]

This girl need some Petromalt

[Litany]

Parting is such sweet sorrow..

[Litany]

You're kidding right??
Trichomoniasis is a protozoal infection of the genitourinary tract, characterized in women by vaginitis. Infectious agent= Trichmonas vaginalis, a flagellate protozoan.
I won't get into details about the signs and symptoms !

[johniegrad]

When I was in the Navy, my favorite was always VF-143

[dighton]

ACK!

[mv1]

I always suspect CATS