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The classic presentation is the "Friar Tuck" form of crown alopecia (loss of hair at the "crown" of the head, also known as the "vertex"). [12] Children are less likely to pull from areas other than the scalp. [10] People with trichotillomania often pull only one hair at a time and these hair-pulling episodes can last for hours at a time.
Trichophagia belongs to a subset of pica disorders and is often associated with trichotillomania, the compulsive pulling out of ones own hair. [1] People with trichotillomania often also have trichophagia, with estimates ranging from 48-58% having an oral habit such as biting or chewing (i.e. trichophagy), and 4-20% actually swallowing and ...
[1] [2] 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. [3] This syndrome is a rare and unusual form of trichobezoar. Since 1968, there have been fewer than 40 documented cases in the literature. [4]
The hydrogen breath test involves having the patient fast for a minimum of 12 hours then having them drink a substrate usually glucose or lactulose, then measuring expired hydrogen and methane concentrations typically over a period of several hours. It compares well to jejunal aspirates in making the diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth.
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Tricho–dento–osseous syndrome type 1; Tricho odonto onycho dermal syndrome; Tricho odonto onychodysplasia syndactyly dominant type; Tricho onychic dysplasia; Tricho onycho hypohidrotic dysplasia; Tricho retino dento digital syndrome; Trichodental syndrome; Tricho–dento–osseous syndrome; Trichodermodysplasia dental alterations ...
Trichotillomania had for a time been lumped with profoundly different conditions such as pyromania and compulsive lying. With ICD-11, it is classified as Body-repetitive disorder. Cfr. article: Innovations and changes in the ICD‐11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders, World Psychiatry. 2019 Feb; 18(1): 3–19.
Another shared, "I have trichotillomania and I deal with hair pulling all the time. Shout out to others who are struggling." In May, Siwa spoke to The View about her decision to cut off her hair.