II. Definition
- Hair, thread or fiber wrapped tightly around appendage (i.e. finger, toe, penis)
III. Pathophysiology
- Pain results from cutting into skin or constricting flow
IV. Epidemiology
- Typically limited to infants
V. Symptoms
VI. Signs
- Proximal ligature (hair, thread, fiber)
- Erythematous, swollen distal digit or penis
VII. Management
- Cutting ligature
- Attempt to lift ligature off skin with forceps without teeth (or Mosquito clamp)
- Cut ligature with iris scissors
- Depilatory agent (e.g. Nair)
- Apply to Hair Tourniquet
- Works slowly and only with hair (not effective for synthetic fibers or threads)
VIII. References
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| Concepts | Injury or Poisoning (T037) |
| Dutch | hair-thread tourniquet syndrome |
| French | Syndrome de tortillement d'une mèche de cheveux |
| Italian | Sindrome da laccio emostatico alle dita del piede |
| Portuguese | Síndrome de torniquete de fio capilar |
| Spanish | Síndrome de torniquete por hebra de pelo |
| Japanese | 毛髪・糸止血帯症候群, ﾓｳﾊﾂｲﾄｼｹﾂﾀｲｼｮｳｺｳｸﾞﾝ |
| Czech | Syndrom vlasového turniketu |
| Hungarian | Hajszál okozta tourniquet-szindróma |
| English | Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome |
| German | Hair-thread-Tourniquet-Syndrom |
