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  2. Electrical burn - Wikipedia

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    An electrical burn is a burn that results from electricity passing through the body causing rapid injury. Approximately 1000 deaths per year due to electrical injuries are reported in the United States, with a mortality rate of 3-5%. [1] [2] Electrical burns differ from thermal or chemical burns in that they cause much more subdermal damage. [3]

  3. Self-cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Self-cannibalism. 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 ...

  4. Dyshidrosis - Wikipedia

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    Dyshidrosis. Dyshidrosis is a type of dermatitis, characterized by itchy vesicles of 1–2 mm in size, on the palms of the hands, sides of fingers, or bottoms of the feet. [9] Outbreaks usually conclude within three to four weeks, but often recur. [5] [9] Repeated attacks may result in fissures and skin thickening. [8]

  5. Paresthesia - Wikipedia

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    Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation of the skin (tingling, pricking, chilling, burning, numbness) with no apparent physical cause. [1] Paresthesia may be transient or chronic, and may have many possible underlying causes. [1] Paresthesias are usually painless and can occur anywhere on the body, but most commonly occur in the arms and legs.

  6. Polydactyly - Wikipedia

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    Polydactyly or polydactylism (from Greek πολύς (polys) 'many', and δάκτυλος (daktylos) 'finger'), [1] also known as hyperdactyly, is an anomaly in humans and animals resulting in supernumerary fingers and/or toes. [2] Polydactyly is the opposite of oligodactyly (fewer fingers or toes).

  7. Witch's mark - Wikipedia

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    He is said to create the mark by raking his claw across their flesh, licking the skin to produce a death skull pattern, or using a hot iron to produce a blue or red brand. The Devil was thought to mark the individual at the end of nocturnal initiation rites. The witch's teat was a raised bump somewhere on a witch's body. It is often depicted as ...

  8. Russell's sign - Wikipedia

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    Russell's sign, named after British psychiatrist Gerald Russell, is a sign [1] defined as calluses on the knuckles [2] or back of the hand due to repeated self-induced vomiting over long periods of time. The condition generally arises from the patient's knuckles making contact with the incisor teeth during the act of inducing the gag reflex at ...

  9. Hangnail - Wikipedia

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    Hangnail. Other names. Agnail, Stepmother's blessing. The bottom finger has a hangnail. Specialty. Dermatology. A hangnail is a small, torn piece of skin next to a fingernail or toenail, related to ingrown nails. [1] Hangnails are typically caused by having dry skin, or by trauma to the fingers. [1]