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Dermatophagia. 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.
Self-cannibalism is the practice of eating parts of one's own body, also called autocannibalism [1] or autosarcophagy. [2] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism. [3] In line with this usage, self-cannibalism means the consumption of ...
Autophagia refers to the practice of biting/consuming one's body. It is a sub category of self-injurious behavior (SIB). [1] Commonly, it manifests in humans as nail biting and hair pulling. In rarer circumstances, it manifests as serious self mutilative behavior such as biting off one's fingers. [2] Autophagia affects both humans and non ...
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]
This type of scarring is considered one of the physical indicators of a mental illness, and Russell's sign is primarily found in patients with an eating disorder such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa. It is almost always associated with eating disorders and is the most characteristic skin condition indicative of purging.
Pica is the eating or craving of things that are not food. [2] It is classified as an eating disorder but can also be the result of an existing mental disorder. [3] The ingested or craved substance may be biological, natural or manmade. The term was drawn directly from the medieval Latin word for magpie, a bird subject to much folklore ...
Frequency. 0.7 per 100,000 per year [4] Necrotizing fasciitis ( NF ), also known as flesh-eating disease, is a bacterial infection that results in the death of parts of the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a severe disease of sudden onset that spreads rapidly. [3]
Psychiatry, surgery, or emergency medicine if serious injuries occur. Self-harm is intentional conduct that is considered harmful to oneself. This is most commonly regarded as direct injury of one's own skin tissues usually without a suicidal intention. [1] [2] [3] Other terms such as cutting, self-injury, and self-mutilation have been used for ...