The hairy mass inside the 24-year-old woman was about 16 inches long and caused her intense stomach pain. Another day, another medical horror with a cute name. If you have long hair, this is something ...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a child started eating his hair? It sounds strange, but it is a rare but very serious medical condition - Rapunzel syndrome. It is not just a strange habit, ...

A 15-year-old girl was forced to have a furball removed from her stomach after she developed an unusual condition called Rapunzel syndrome. She suffered several days of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea ...

I've had one and was going to say "eh, it isn't that bad" but then I realized you merely said "uncomfortable" and I can attest to that. I was aiming for minimal interruption of my day and so I did it ...

I'd always assumed this was 'borrowed' from the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman but it could be a case of parallel inspiration. Click to expand... Serious parallel inspiration. Bezoars as a universal ...