Hairballs?

Question

Why do I have nightmares about coughing up hairballs of long hair that is coming up form my stomach and it gets stuck in my throat and is hard to get out and it is never ending. I pull out so much hair and can never seem to get it all out. I keep having this dream and everytime I get a cat hair in my mouth I wig and think I have a real life hairball... Can humans have hairballs? It has been bothering me..

Actually I am very serious. I do have a cat. Yes.

Answer 1

I have nightmares about stuff like that--I take it that I don't feel like I'm expressing myself enough. I've been having trouble breaking into the writing biz and I feel kinda stifled creatively and money-wise.

Humans can get hairballs if they swallow a lot of hair. A LOT of hair. Like, eat hair every day. And nothing else.

Otherwise, you're not in much danger. From real hairballs, anyway. Try writing more, expressing yourself. Maybe your subconscious is prodding you to get out some kind of thought or other.

Or maybe you need a hairball treat. My kitty likes the salmon bites (SmartyKat brand) with mineral oil and rosemary.

Answer 2

Cats who get hairballs are eating inappropriate foods - many of them are 2/3 corn. Cats need meat protein for their diet. Quality canned food will clear up the problem. Try Natural Balance, Blue, Eagle Pack, Lick Your Chops, Felidae, By Nature Organic etc. for a month and I will wager you will not have hairballs. Don't use any food that has by-product meat - read the label! All cats groom themselves and their natural diet of meat protein allows them to digest the hair and rid their system of it. When you throw in a lot of indigestible food such as corn the cat's digestive system can't handle it and that's why cats throw up hairballs. When you give a cat something like laxatone or a "hairball" food you are just treating a symptom and not solving the real problem which is the overload on the cat's digestive system.

Answer 3

Although uncommon in humans, some hairballs have been reported, often in young girls as a result of trichotillomania and pica. In 2003, a 3-year old girl in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada had a grapefruit-sized hairball surgically removed from her stomach and in 2004, an 18-year old woman from McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada had a 5-lb hairball surgically removed from her lower intestine. Hairballs can be quite hazardous in humans, since hair cannot be digested or passed by the human gastrointestinal system, and (assuming it is identified) even vomiting may be ineffective at removing the hair mass. This can result in the general impairment of the digestive system.

Answer 4

Well do you have cat? And if you do this is where your dreams may be coming from. If not are you always thinking about cats or any other animal that has hair this is where is may be coming from. If you can't still stop having dreams about this I suggest you see a doctor!

Answer 5

Oh come on,you can't really be that serious! ! ! !
Swallow a hair and it passes through you and comes out the other end at the appropriate time but it sure can make things coming out the other end in a somewhat interesting way. . . Ha Ha Ha. . . . happens to everyone and your day will come.

Answer 6

Mental confusion

Answer 7

i don't believe humans can get hairballs as they don't usually ingest hair.
just a comment, that is one strange dream!

Answer 8

Because you're afraid of hair and disgusted by it

Answer 9

i dont know. you probably saw a cat and you cant stop thinking about it

Answer 10

I dont know but i have birdy ball