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  2. Chalkboard scraping - Wikipedia

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    Scraping a chalkboard (also known as a blackboard) with one's fingernails produces a sound and feeling which most people find extremely irritating. The basis of the innate reaction to the sound has been studied in the field of psychoacoustics (the branch of psychology concerned with the perception of sound and its physiological effects).

  3. Corneal abrasion - Wikipedia

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    Corneal abrasion is a scratch to the surface of the cornea of the eye. [3] Symptoms include pain, redness, light sensitivity, and a feeling like a foreign body is in the eye. [1] Most people recover completely within three days. [1] Most cases are due to minor trauma to the eye such as that which can occur with contact lens use or from ...

  4. Skin allergy test - Wikipedia

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    Skin scratch test: a deep dermic scratch is performed with help of the blunt bottom of a lancet. [3] Intradermic test: a tiny quantity of allergen is injected under the dermis with a hypodermic syringe. Skin scrape Test: a superficial scrape is performed with help of the back of a needle to remove the superficial layer of the epidermis. [4]

  5. Kentucky Derby favorite scratched on morning of race. Who’s ...

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    In a seismic shakeup the morning of the 2023 Kentucky Derby, race favorite Forte has been scratched from the Run for the Roses. Only 18 horses are now set to race. Kentucky Derby favorite ...

  6. Walmart worker goes in for an extra shift and walks out a ...

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    When she scratched it — it revealed she'd won $1 million. “I’ve only told one person at work, and it was the manager who wanted me to stay late on a holiday,” she said. “He couldn’t ...

  7. Dermatographic urticaria - Wikipedia

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    As it is often the result of scratches, involving contact with other materials, it can be confused with an allergic reaction, when in fact it is the act of being scratched that causes a wheal to appear. These wheals are a subset of urticaria (hives), and appear within minutes, in some cases accompanied by itching. The first outbreak of ...

  8. When should I worry about a cat scratch? Here's what ... - AOL

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    Cat scratches are typically not something to worry much about, says Dr. Barbara Bawer, a family medicine physician at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Most of the ...

  9. Feline hyperesthesia syndrome - Wikipedia

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    This muscle is located directly under the skin and is hyperresponsive when scratched, which thereby causes the rippling effect. It has been noted, however, that the rolling of the skin, among other clinical signs, can occur spontaneously, whether this is a direct result of the syndrome or a result of muscle memory being activated by sensations ...