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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.
Autophagia is the practice of biting/consuming one's body. It is a sub category of self-injurious behavior (SIB). [1] Commonly, it manifests in humans as nail biting and hair pulling. In rarer circumstances, it manifests as serious self mutilative behavior such as biting off one's fingers. [2] Autophagia affects both humans and non humans. [3]
Psychomotor agitation is a symptom in various disorders and health conditions. It is characterized by unintentional and purposeless motions and restlessness, often but not always accompanied by emotional distress. Typical manifestations include pacing around, wringing of the hands, uncontrolled tongue movement, pulling off clothing and putting ...
Specialty. Pulmonology. Nail clubbing, also known as digital clubbing or clubbing, is a deformity of the finger or toe nails associated with a number of diseases, anomalies and defects; some congenital. This is mostly of the heart and lungs. [ 2][ 3] When it occurs together with joint effusions, joint pains, and abnormal skin and bone growth it ...
A bonnet macaque thumb sucking. Thumb sucking is a behavior found in humans, chimpanzees, captive ring-tailed lemurs, [ 1] and other primates. [ 2] It usually involves placing the thumb into the mouth and rhythmically repeating sucking contact for a prolonged duration. It can also be accomplished with any organ within reach (such as other ...
Greece is likely to hit a new record for tourism in 2024, surpassing the 33 million tourists in 2023. Inbound travelers rose 20% in the January-May period, according to the Bank of Greece, and ...
Owls are top predators on the food chain, so to see one interact so gently with a little parakeet warmed my heart. The video starts by showing us the parakeet and owl sitting together on top of a ...
Country. United Kingdom. " Charlie bit my finger - again ! ", [ 1] more simply known as " Charlie Bit My Finger " or " Charlie Bit Me ", is a 2007 internet viral video famous for being at the time the most viewed YouTube video. [ 2][ 3] As of October 2022, the video received over 897 million views. In May 2021, the video was sold as an NFT at ...