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After complaining about severe abdominal pain and constant vomiting, an Indian woman had an enormous ball of hair removed from her gut.
The 20-year-old suffers from a condition known as Rapunzel syndrome, also known as trichophagia, where one is compelled to eat one’s own hair.
Emotional or psychiatric conditions
The condition is often associated with another condition – trichotillomania – where people feel compelled to pull their own hair out.
The hairball that doctors removed from the Indian woman’s abdomen weighed just under 1kg.
The procedure was done at the General Hospital in Rajawadi, a suburb of Mumbai, India. The Daily Mail reported that the mass of hair had a “tail”, because the larger mass stays in the stomach while the rest tapers off into the small intestine.
Trichstop reports that trichophagia involves eating pulled out hair, or simply eating the ends of one’s hair. The condition is said to be triggered by several emotional or psychiatric conditions, such as depression, stress or abuse.
Another 25-year-old woman had started complaining about severe abdominal and stomach pain a few days after giving birth. The Daily Mail reported that doctors initially thought her pain was caused by complications with her uterus or placenta as a result of giving birth, they found a hairball weighing 1.5kg in her stomach.
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A review from the US National Library of Medicine states a hairball is medically classified as a “bezoar”, which means an indigestible mass. It is most commonly found in the stomach, but it can be found in the gastrointestinal tract as well.
Accumulated fibres
The hairball continues to grow as more indigestible foods or fibres are accumulated, and hair isn’t the only fibre which can form an indigestible mass in the gut.
Phytobezoars consist of indigestible fruit or vegetable fibres and lactobezoars consist of indigestible milk curd.
In order to treat the condition, one needs to find the underlying condition or the reason behind eating and pulling out one’s hair.
Burst ulcer
A couple months ago, a UK teen died from peritonitis – inflammation of the thin tissue in the abdomen and most of the organs.
Lincolnshire Live reported that according to Jasmine Beever’s post mortem she had a hairball in her stomach, which became infected and caused an ulcer. The ulcer subsequently burst, which caused her organs to shut down.
Beever was at college when she collapsed, and after going home to rest in bed, she woke up to find her skin blotchy. After losing consciousness she was taken to hospital by ambulance. Hospital staff tried to resuscitate her, bit only briefly succeeded – 15 minutes later she passed away.
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Cape Town – Springbok No 8 Duane Vermeulen says there is hope for the Springboks to achieve success at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
Vermeulen played at No 8 in South Africa’s last two outings which included wins against France in Paris (18-17) and Italy in Padova (35-6).
He has returned to his French club Toulon so will miss Saturday’s Test against Wales in Cardiff – which falls outside World Rugby’s Test window – but has enjoyed his stint with the Boks.
The Springboks have endured a torrid two years – winning just 11 of 24 Tests – a 46% win record that is likely to see coach Allister Coetzee lose his job.
Last week, former national coach Jake White indicated that the Boks did not have enough time to rebuild ahead of the next World Cup, but Vermeulen disagrees.
“I know the guys are under pressure in South Africa. The public is seldom happy, but the team must keep focus with its end-goal in mind. It may have been an ugly couple of years, but we know what we want to achieve come the World Cup,” Vermeulen was quoted as saying by Netwerk24.
Vermeulen’s team-mate in the loose trio, Francois Louw – who plays for Bath in England – is also unavailable for Saturday’s Test in Cardiff.
Vermeulen though hopes they added enough value to the Bok cause.
“You can’t significantly influence the team in two weeks, but then again I hope myself and Flo left a little bit for the guys to think about and to work on. We could share the experiences with them,” Vermeulen said.
Lock Franco Mostert, who plays for the Ricoh Black Rams in Japan, is also unavailable this weekend.
The loss of the trio, in particular loose forwards Louw and Vermeulen, has in part been offset by the return from paternity duty of Siya Kolisi.
Meanwhile, the Boks will also be sweating on the availability of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira who was forced to leave the field against Italy with a groin injury.
Sharks front-rower Thomas du Toit has been called up as cover ahead of the Test against the Welsh at the Principality Stadium.
Kick-off is at 16:30 (SA time) on Saturday.
Pretoria – Newly appointed national police commissioner General Khehla Sitole has vowed to serve the country with honour and courage.
On Monday morning, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula presided over the ceremony to bestow the sword of command on Sitole.
When Mbalula presented Sitole with the sword as a sign of his new power and authority – those in attendance cheered and ululated.
“General Sitole, it is your responsibility as the national police commissioner to ensure the safety of the citizens and inhabitants of this republic…” Mbalula said.
However, speaking to reporters shortly after the ceremony, Sitole said he was one step ahead with his duties.
He said his mandate was to ensure that economic growth was allowed to take place undisturbed.
“I have a strong belief that, if there was economic stability, there would be no need for our communities to commit crime. Economic stability leads to social stability,” he said.
Sitole added that he wanted to make things easier for himself, and had put plans into action to fight crime.
“I don’t want to spend much time and resources hunting criminals that I may already know where they are,” he said.
Sitole also said he would be beefing up policing in areas where crimes took place.
Meanwhile, Mbalula said he was only expecting “simple” things from the newly appointed commissioner – including fighting corruption “without fear or favour”.
(Jeanette Chabalala, News24)
“Our people are not asking much from him – they ask for honour,” he said.
He said the power bestowed on Sitole was not “unfettered” by the democratic order and values.
On Thursday last week, after he was introduced as the new top cop, Sitole said he would not bow to political pressure or interference, adding that it was his duty to protect the integrity of the police.
Sitole outlined his vision for SAPS and made it clear that there would be no political interference as he executed his vision.
“Firstly, let me start by saying, it is my responsibility to orientate the minister on all operational policies that govern the police,” Sitole said at the time.
Sitole, as part of his vision for policing, includes a clampdown on gangsterism, reclaiming crime-infested areas that are a no-go zone for police, a dismantling of organised crime structures, as well as equipping police with resources and training to avoid cop killings.
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC in the Eastern Cape has accused Social Development MEC, Nancy Sihlwayi of sabotage.
It follows the weekend’s failed launch of 16 days of activism against women and child abuse in Nelson Mandela Bay.
Sihlwayi changed the venue of the event, leaving it unattended.
The ANC says the change was against the party’s wishes and served a personal factional agenda.
They’re demanding she explains herself and the abuse of state resources.
President Jacob Zuma also didn’t pitch at the event amid the chaos.
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Cape Town – The Western Cape ANC has called on their branch delegates to avoid potential vote buying as the party moves towards the national elective conference next month.
The Western Cape ANC held its provincial general council (PGC) on Sunday, where it was revealed that the majority of branches want Cyril Ramaphosa to be the party’s next president.
Ramaphosa beat all his rivals in the relatively small ANC province, with 121 out of 145 branch nominations. His closest rival, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, could only muster 13 nominations.
– Read: Western Cape ANC branches choose Ramaphosa for president
Both the acting chairperson Khaya Magaxa and secretary Faiez Jacobs welcomed the results and urged those chosen to represent their branches next month to steer clear of potential temptation.
“There will be opportunities to influence or be influenced at the conference. We are saying quite clearly to the delegates that ‘you are in a fortunate position to represent the will of your branch’,” Jacobs told the media.
“We are calling on our comrades to be ethical, to have integrity and to ensure they express the will of their branches.”
They added that the party would do their best to insulate delegates from “the ugly head of vote buying”, but acknowledged it was important that delegates be given the freedom to make ethical decisions for themselves.
“What we will say is, if they take the money, then they don’t represent the will of their branch, and we will still have the core leadership challenges [we’ve always had].”
‘Checks and balances’
The “checks and balances” they have instituted include photographic evidence of each branch’s preferred nominations being sent to both provincial and national leaders.
The party will therefore have a general indication of which way their delegates should vote going into the secret ballot process in Johannesburg next month.
They will also hold “political education” talks with delegates over the next three weeks, Jacobs added.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe also warned delegates earlier in the day of the pitfalls of selling their votes during his keynote address.
– Read: ‘The ANC cannot be sold to the highest bidder’ – Mantashe
Acting provincial chairperson Khaya Magaxa said the process of collating all nominations through branch general meetings (BGMs) was a win for internal democracy.
The outcomes should thus represent the will of the branches and not vote buying.
“If we don’t do that, we will be undermining this whole process of BGMs,” Magaxa said.
Sisulu for deputy, Mantashe for chair
The Western Cape is the second province to complete its PGC and the second to support Ramaphosa after Northern Cape branches also chose to back the CR17 campaign.
It is the smallest province by branch delegates this year, a title previously held by the Northern Cape, and only represents 3.8% of the party’s total membership.
It will take 145 delegates to the national conference and another 27 provincial executive members to form part of its voting block.
Other results on Sunday include Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu receiving the most votes for the position of deputy president, with 98 branch nominations.
Incumbent secretary general Gwede Mantashe was chosen as the preferred candidate for the position of national chairperson, with 128 branch nominations.
Other key positions include:
– secretary general: Senzo Mchunu – 113
– deputy secretary general: Zingiswa Losi – 60
– treasurer general: Paul Mashatile – 127
Magaxa said earlier that the province still has around 10 disputes to resolve over select branch nominations, but their resolution would not affect the material results.
Their delegation will now try and lobby others to support Ramaphosa’s campaign going into the national conference next month, he said.
“Even those who have nominated otherwise, it will be our responsibility to convince them that the democratic will in the Western Cape is to support the name of comrade Cyril Ramaphosa as the president of the ANC.”
WATCH: ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe warns Western Cape ANC branch delegates of the dangers of members “selling their votes.” @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/Ye7t3lE3Nf
— Paul Herman (@PaulHermanCPT) November 26, 2017