Doctors remove metre-long hairball from 9-year-old girl after years of undetected hair-eating

Doctors remove metre-long hairball from 9-year-old girl after years of undetected hair-eating

YOU NEED TO KNOW Nine-year-old boy in Vietnam hospitalized with complete bowel blockage caused by huge hairball Doctors trace the obstruction to years of undetected hair food linked to trichophagia The boy recovered after minimally invasive surgery and was discharged five days later A nine-year-old girl in Vietnam is recovering after doctors at the Franco-Vietnamese … Read more

‘Scromiting,’ a strange condition linked to chronic marijuana use, is on the rise

‘Scromiting,’ a strange condition linked to chronic marijuana use, is on the rise

It was a pain worse than childbirth, the mother of TikTok said as she described episodes of uncontrollable vomiting after using marijuana. “I was crying and screaming and I was like ‘I can’t take this anymore!’ I hate my life,” she said. “I’m begging God, like please make it stop!” Called “scromiting” by social media … Read more