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Two feet-one hand syndrome. Two feet-one hand syndrome (TFOHS), is a long-term fungal condition where athlete's foot or fungal toe nail infections in both feet is associated with tinea manuum in one hand. [ 3][ 7] Often the feet are affected for several years before symptoms of a diffuse scaling rash on the palm of one hand appear, which is ...
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.
Blaschko's lines, also called the lines of Blaschko, are lines of normal cell development in the skin. These lines are only visible in those with a mosaic [ 1][ 2][ 3] skin condition or in chimeras where different cell lines contain different genes. These lines may express different amounts of melanin, [ 4] or become visible due to a differing ...
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The cause of BFRBs is unknown. [citation needed] Emotional variables may have a differential impact on the expression of BFRBs. [5] Research has suggested that the urge to repetitive self-injury is similar to a body-focused repetitive behavior but others have argued that for some the condition is more akin to a substance abuse disorder ...
Langer's lines. Langer's lines, Langer lines of skin tension, or sometimes called cleavage lines, are topological lines drawn on a map of the human body. They are parallel to the natural orientation of collagen fibers in the dermis, and generally parallel to the underlying muscle fibers. Langer's lines have relevance to forensic science and the ...
Dermatoglyphics (from Ancient Greek derma, "skin", and glyph, "carving") is the scientific study of fingerprints, lines, mounts and shapes of hands, as distinct from the superficially similar pseudoscience of palmistry . Dermatoglyphics also refers to the making of naturally occurring ridges on certain body parts, namely palms, fingers, soles ...
Additionally, hand and forearm pain related to phone use can also be a symptom of tendonitis, according to Swain. “If you use a muscle frequently, your body will send blood to that area to ...