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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]
Tallulah Willis is getting candid about her experience with dermatillomania. On Sunday, Aug. 18, the actress, 30, shared a three-year-old snap of her face to highlight the condition, also known as ...
Joint issues. Adults infected with parvovirus B19 are less likely to develop a face rash and may experience other severe symptoms. These include joint pain and swelling of the hands, wrists, knees ...
Jamie-Lynn Sigler 's son Beau has finally left the hospital. The Sopranos actress, 43, shared a heartwarming video on Instagram over the weekend of her 10-year-old son Beau “busting out” of ...
Matthew's and Luke's accounts specify the "fringe" of his cloak, using a Greek word which also appears in Mark 6. [8] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia article on fringes in Scripture, the Pharisees (one of the sects of Second Temple Judaism) who were the progenitors of modern Rabbinic Judaism, were in the habit of wearing extra-long fringes or tassels (Matthew 23:5), [9] a reference to ...
New York City had 420 heroin overdose deaths in 2013 — the most in a decade. A year ago, Vermont’s governor devoted his entire State of the State speech to heroin’s resurgence. The public began paying attention the following month, when Philip Seymour Hoffman died from an overdose of heroin and other drugs.