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Those affected with dermatophagia typically bite the skin around the nails, leading to bleeding and discoloration over time. Some people also bite on their skin on their finger knuckles which can lead to pain and bleeding just by moving their fingers.
When you bite your nails, you're transferring potentially dangerous bacteria into your vital organs, putting yourself at risk for abdominal pain and/or infection. The problem doesn't stop at...
Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking. Nail biting is very common, especially amongst children. 25–35 percent of children bite ...
Onychotillomania is a compulsive behavior in which a person picks constantly at the nails or tries to tear them off. It is not the same as onychophagia , where the nails are bitten or chewed, or dermatillomania , where skin is bitten or scratched.
How do you stop biting your nails? An approach called habit replacement could help nail biters quit. It could also help with skin picking and trichotillomania.
The main BFRB disorders are: Skin Dermatillomania (excoriation disorder), skin picking; Dermatophagia, skin nibbling; Mouth Morsicatio buccarum, cheek biting; Morsicatio labiorum, inner lip biting; Morsicatio linguarum, tongue biting; Nails Onychophagia, nail biting; Onychotillomania, nail picking; Nose Rhinotillexomania, compulsive nose ...
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nail-biting; outbursts of complaining or shouting; pulling at clothes or hair; picking at skin, as either a sign of PMA or even progressing to a disorder (excoriation disorder) tapping fingers; tapping feet; starting and stopping tasks abruptly; talking very quickly; moving objects around for no reason; taking off clothes then putting them back ...
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Autophagia refers to the practice of biting/consuming one's body. It is a sub category of self-injurious behavior (SIB). 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. Autophagia affects both humans and non humans.