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Dermatophagia. 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.
Maggot therapy. Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound ( debridement ), and disinfection.
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Kuru (disease) A Fore child with advanced kuru. He is unable to walk or sit upright without assistance and is severely malnourished. Infection and pneumonia during the terminal stage. Kuru is a rare, incurable, and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea.
I really found recovery from my own eating disorder only through a vast amount of self-education on the weight-loss industry, the history of eating disorder treatment, as well as the history of ...
Make all guests of all ages laugh on Turkey Day by sharing these hilarious, family-friendly jokes, cheesy puns and dad-approved one-liners about Thanksgiving.
Cinnamon challenge. The cinnamon challenge involves consuming one spoonful of powdered cinnamon. The cinnamon challenge was a viral internet food challenge. Participants filmed themselves eating a spoonful of ground cinnamon in under 60 seconds without drinking anything, [1] with the video being uploaded to the Internet as evidence.