There are also trichobezoars, which are formed by consuming hair—something linked to hair-pulling and eating disorders (trichotillomania and trichophagia). Lactobezoars are made from milk products and mucus and are most often found in infants. Pharmacobezoars are masses formed from non-digestible ingredients in medications. And polybezoars are those made from various non-food items, such as plastics or papers. These are most often seen in people with disorders like Pica.
Simple solution
To see if the woman had a bezoar, doctors dropped an endoscope into her stomach and, sure enough, got close-up imaging of a large, greenish, gooey-looking mass covered in mucus in her stomach. It wasn’t blocking her stomach, but it was
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