Rhea Daniel

Jul 19, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Rhea Daniel |Srinivas Ramireddy |Supriya Nair |Mary Arbuthnot

The most common presenting symptoms of Rapunzel syndrome include abdominal pain (37%), nausea and vomiting (33.3%), obstruction (25.9%), and peritonitis (18.3%). Less commonly, patients may present with weight loss (7.4%) or intussusception (7.4%).

Jul 19, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Partha Sarathi Chakraborty |Rhea Daniel |Fernando Navarro |Partha Sarathi

AbstractFunctional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) affect up to 25% of children in the United States. These disorders are more recently known as disorders of "brain-gut" interaction. The diagnosis is based on the ROME IV criteria, and requires the absence of an organic condition to explain the symptoms.