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Trichophagia is a form of
disordered eating in
which persons with the
disorder suck on, chew, swallow, or
otherwise eat hair. The term is
derived from...
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ingesting hair (
trichophagia). The
syndrome is
named after the long-haired girl
Rapunzel in the
fairy tale by the
Brothers Grimm.
Trichophagia is sometimes...
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tunnel syndrome, and
gastrointestinal obstruction as a
result of
trichophagia. In
trichophagia,
people with
trichotillomania also
ingest the hair that they...
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abdomen Gastrointestinal tract Nausea Vomiting Heartburn Aerophagia Pica
Trichophagia Pagophagia Geophagia Dysphagia oropharyngeal esophageal Odynophagia Bad...
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Mucophagia (mucus)
Pagophagia (ice)
Plumbophagia (lead)
Sapophagia (soap)
Trichophagia (hair, wool, and
other fibers)
Urophagia (urine)
Xylophagia (wood, or...
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causing infection.
Dermatophagia can be
considered a "sister"
disorder to
trichophagia,
which involves compulsively biting and
eating one's hair.
Habit reversal...
- Rhinotillexomania,
compulsive nose
picking Hair Trichotillomania, hair
pulling Trichophagia, hair
nibbling Trichotemnomania, hair
cutting Trichoteiromania, hair...
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gastric mucosa.
Hairballs are
often seen in
young girls as a
result of
trichophagia, trichotillomania, and pica. In 2003, a 3-year-old girl in Red Deer,...
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formation of
hairballs that may be
expelled orally or excreted. In humans,
trichophagia may lead to
Rapunzel syndrome, an
extremely rare but
potentially fatal...
- syndrome. She had a long-time
habit of
chewing and
swallowing her own hair (
trichophagia)
which formed a
hairball in her stomach,
leading to an
infection in her...
