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4 month swallowed hair
My 4 month old having lot of hair fall and I found couple of strands in his potty as well.. does it cause any problem in his intestine or so ? Please help
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Dr. Shagun Walia
Pediatrician
6 yrs exp
Ludhiana
Hair ingestion causes problems with only chronic and prolonged intake. But kindly take care of this issue.
If lot of hair goes in chronically, it is indigestible by our intestines, so may accumulate somewhere and cause obstruction symptoma in such a small baby
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