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OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit.skin and φαγείαlit.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.
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]
The prevalence increases exponentially with age and more than 40 percent of men over 70 are affected. Unlike loss of autosomal chromosomes, loss of sex chromosomes except the one active X chromosome does not typically cause cell death. Elderly women also experience mosaic loss of chromsome X, but it is less common than LOY.
And more than 56% of those turning 65 will need some sort of long-term service. Fortunately, there are things you can do at any age to ensure that you will maintain your health as the years go on ...
Takeaway. According to the authors of a new study published in JAMA Network Open, having a healthy lifestyle can increase the likelihood that 80-year-olds will live to the age of 100. The study ...
Push it a bit more oomph into it by adding 30 seconds on/off interval training as well. A long run, even picking up the weight training pace are ways to add cardio to your workout. “Now there's ...
Sexuality in older age concerns the sexual drive, sexual activity, interests, orientation, intimacy, self-esteem, behaviors, and overall sexuality of people in middle age and old age, and the social perceptions concerning sexuality in older age. Older people engage in a variety of sexual acts from time to time for a variety of reasons.
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