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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]
Atypical chronic pain syndrome; Body dysmorphic disorder (dysmorphic syndrome, dysmorphophobia) Brachioradial pruritus; Bromidrosiphobia; Complex regional pain syndrome (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis; Delusional parasitosis (delusions of parasitosis, Ekbom syndrome, monosymptomatic ...
Schamberg's disease, or progressive pigmented purpuric dermatosis, is a chronic discoloration of the skin which usually affects the legs and often spreads slowly. This disease is more common in males and may occur at any age from childhood onward. This condition is observed worldwide and has nothing to do with race or ethnic background.
Complex regional pain syndrome ( CRPS Type 1 and Type 2) is a severe form of chronic pain, in which pain from a physical trauma outlasts the expected recovery time. The symptoms of types 1 and 2 are the same except type 2 is associated with nerve injury. Usually starting in a limb, CRPS manifests as pain, swelling, limited range of motion, and ...
Immunology, dermatology. Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms or drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms ( DRESS ), also termed drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome ( DIHS ), is a rare reaction to certain medications. It involves primarily a widespread skin rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and characteristic blood ...
Darier's disease (DD) is a rare, genetic skin disorder. It is an autosomal dominant disorder, that is, if one parent has DD, there is a 50% chance than a child will inherit DD. It was first reported by French dermatologist Ferdinand-Jean Darier in 1889. Mild forms of the disease are the most common, consisting of skin rashes that flare up under ...
Cold urticaria (essentially meaning cold hives) is a disorder in which large red welts called hives ( urticaria) form on the skin after exposure to a cold stimulus. [1] The hives are usually itchy and often the hands and feet will become itchy and swollen as well. Hives vary in size from about 7 mm in diameter to as big as about 27 mm or larger ...