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Psychiatry. Types. 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.
Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Viking disease, palmar fibromatosis and Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become permanently bent in a flexed position. [2] It is named after Guillaume Dupuytren, who first described the underlying mechanism of action, followed by the first ...
Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome ( GSS) is an extremely rare, always fatal (due to it being caused by prions) neurodegenerative disease that affects patients from 20 to 60 years in age. It is exclusively heritable, and is found in only a few families all over the world. [1] It is, however, classified with the transmissible ...
Joint hypermobility is present, but generally confined to the small joints (fingers, toes). Other common features include club foot , tendon and/or muscle rupture, acrogeria (premature aging of the skin of the hands and feet), early-onset varicose veins , pneumothorax (collapse of a lung), the recession of the gums, and a decreased amount of ...
Brachydactyly ( Greek βραχύς 'short' plus δάκτυλος 'finger') is a medical term which literally means 'short finger'. The shortness is relative to the length of other long bones and other parts of the body. Brachydactyly is an inherited, dominant trait. It most often occurs as an isolated dysmelia, but can also occur with other ...
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly ( CCA ), also known as Beals-Hecht syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant congenital connective tissue disorder. [1] As with Marfan syndrome, people with CCA typically have an arm span that is greater than their height and very long fingers and toes. [2] However, Beals and Hecht discovered in 1972 that ...
Aarskog–Scott syndrome ( AAS) is a rare disease inherited as X-linked and characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, skeletal and genital anomalies. [2] This condition mainly affects males, although females may have mild features of the syndrome. [3] [4]
KBG syndrome is a rare genetic disease that is the result of a mutation in the ANKRD11 gene at location 16q24.3. [1] Only about a hundred known cases have been reported, although it is expected to be under-reported. The syndrome was first described by Herrmann in 1975 in three distinct families. [2] Herrmann proposed the name KBG syndrome after ...