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OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. 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.
Damaged cuticles, shortened and damaged nails, hangnails, bleeding, etc. Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive and unhygienic habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking.
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]
In 1995, a nine-year-old girl becomes infected with Giardia lamblia, which gives her severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. 14. 8. "Double Agents". August 11, 2010. ( 2010-08-11) 208. This episode covers examples of organisms that have been used in medicine, but also exist as parasites in nature.
The Wolverclean: An ad for Wolverine 's new cleaning product. Mike Wartella short: An alien asks another why he de-friended him on Spacenook. The Zit: A man pops a zit and all of his innards burst out. An animated adaptation of Tom Bunk 's comic from MAD issue #345.
Pica is the eating or craving of things that are not food. [ 2] It is classified as an eating disorder but can also be the result of an existing mental disorder. [ 3] The ingested or craved substance may be biological, natural or manmade. The term was drawn directly from the medieval Latin word for magpie, a bird subject to much folklore ...
If ever I'm having blood extracted and the medical tech can't find a good vein, I will draw on my long experience as a Minnesotan and tell her the most attractive location of blood on my body. My ...
Delusional parasitosis (DP) or delusional infestation[ 2] is a mental disorder in which individuals have a persistent delusion that they are infested with living or nonliving agents, such as parasites, insects, or bacteria, when no such infestation is present. [ 3] Individuals may present with dermatologic symptoms, such as excoriation or ...