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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.
Emergency bleeding control describes actions that control bleeding from a patient who has suffered a traumatic injury or who has a medical condition that has caused bleeding. Many bleeding control techniques are taught as part of first aid throughout the world. [1] Other advanced techniques, such as tourniquets, are taught in advanced first aid ...
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]
Compared to eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, in which a person’s primary motivation might be to change the look of their body, orthorexia typically starts with the goal to eat the ...
An antihemorrhagic ( British English: antihaemorrhagic) agent are a substance that promotes hemostasis (stops bleeding ). [ 1] It may also be known as a hemostatic (also spelled haemostatic) agent. [ 2] Antihemorrhagic agents used in medicine have various mechanisms of action: Systemic drugs work by inhibiting fibrinolysis or promoting coagulation.
Self-cannibalism is the practice of eating parts of one's own body, also called autocannibalism[ 1] or autosarcophagy. [ 2] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism. [ 3] In line with this usage, self-cannibalism means the consumption of ...
Bone hemostasis is the process of controlling the bleeding from bone . Bone is a living vascular organ containing channels for blood and bone marrow. [1] When a bone is cut during surgery bleeding can be a difficult problem to control, especially in the highly vascular bones of the spine and sternum. Bleeding from soft tissue is normally ...
Fecal impaction causes symptoms that initially resemble signs of constipation. With a fecal impaction, you may experience the following symptoms: Abdominal pain. Cramping or bloating. Small, semi ...