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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.
The adult human brain weighs on average about 1.2–1.4 kg (2.6–3.1 lb) which is about 2% of the total body weight, with a volume of around 1260 cm 3 in men and 1130 cm 3 in women. There is substantial individual variation, [4] with the standard reference range for men being 1,180–1,620 g (2.60–3.57 lb) [5] and for women 1,030–1,400 g ...
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]
November 14, 2023 at 12:09 PM. ETNA – Three people are dead and 15 others injured after a "mass casualty incident" involving a semi and a charter bus carrying students on Interstate 70, near the ...
At least three people died in the crash, and at least 15 suffered injuries, AP reported. Photos: Charter bus crash closes I-70 near Ohio 310 in Licking County. Emergency responders took victims to ...
Mass Murder in the United States: A History. North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-786-43150-2. Foreman, Laura (1992). Mass Murderers: True Crime. New York: Time-Life Books. pp. 112–139. ISBN 0-7835-0004-1. Franscell, Ron (2011). Delivered from Evil: True Stories of Ordinary People Who Faced Monstrous Mass Killers and Survived ...
Chiari malformation. Hydrocephalus, spina bifida, syringomyelia, tethered cord syndrome. [1] In neurology, the Chiari malformation ( CM) is a structural defect in the cerebellum, characterized by a downward displacement of one or both cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum (the opening at the base of the skull ).
The prevalence of DIE is estimated to be 1 to 2% in women of reproductive age. Deep endometriosis typically presents as a single nodule in the vesicouterine fold or in the lower 20 cm of the bowel. Deep endometriosis can be associated with severe pain. However, it can be present without severe levels of pain. Male endometriosis