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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]
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Drink peppermint tea. Peppermint, including peppermint tea, may offer cooling and soothing effects for toothache pain, says Weinstein. Let the tea cool to a comfortable temperature before drinking ...
Save the Children said Congo’s health system already had been “collapsing” under the strain of malnutrition, measles and cholera. The U.N. health agency said mpox was recently identified for the first time in four East African countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. All of those outbreaks are linked to the one in Congo.
The police officers who shot and killed an armed student as he was trying to get into a Wisconsin middle school won't face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Monday. Damian Haglund, 14, was ...
Save the Children reported 10 children a day in Gaza had lost their limbs, which would result in a lifetime of medical needs. [114] A UNICEF spokesperson James Elder was quoted after returning from Gaza in mid-December 2023, that around 1,000 children had lost one or both legs since the 7 October attacks and the start of the war.