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Dermatillomania (picking of the skin) of the knuckles (via mouth), illustrating disfiguration of the distal and proximal joints of the middle and little fingers Body-focused repetitive behavior ( BFRB ) is an umbrella name for impulse control [ 1 ] behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury.
The number of deaths from hepatitis C has increased to 15,800 in 2008 [119] having overtaken HIV/AIDS as a cause of death in the US in 2007. [120] In 2014, it was the single greatest cause of infectious death in the United States. [121] This mortality rate is expected to increase, as those infected by transfusion before HCV testing become ...
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Hirsutism affects between 5 and 15% of women across all ethnic backgrounds. [8] Depending on the definition and the underlying data, approximately 40% of women have some degree of facial hair. [9] About 10 to 15% of cases of hirsutism are idiopathic with no known cause. [10]
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Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).
Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children.