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OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit.skin and φαγείαlit.eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit.biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Specialty. Dermatology. Psychiatry. Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused. [4] [5]
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The prevalence increases exponentially with age and more than 40 percent of men over 70 are affected. Unlike loss of autosomal chromosomes, loss of sex chromosomes except the one active X chromosome does not typically cause cell death. Elderly women also experience mosaic loss of chromsome X, but it is less common than LOY.
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The study also showed a steep rise in the worsening of health of people after stepping onto the Medicare Cliff. In 2012—before the Affordable Care Act took effect—34% of people whose incomes ...