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2. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Here’s How to Tell If You Have Chigger Bites or Scabies - AOL

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   Intense itching can leave sores and bruises. Like chiggers, the itching can be worse at night. “In adults, the mites rarely burrow into the skin above the neck,” Dr. Friedman says. Children ...

4. Tenosynovitis - Wikipedia

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   Pathogenesis. Infectious tenosynovitis is the infection of closed synovial sheaths in the flexor tendons of the fingers. It is usually caused by trauma, but bacteria can spread from other sites of the body. Although tenosynovitis usually affects the flexor tendon of the fingers, the disease can also affect the extensor tendons occasionally. [5]

5. Autophagia - Wikipedia

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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). [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 ...

6. Serious health risks from biting your nails will horrify you

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   Biting your nails is no picnic for your teeth, either. "Constant biting can lead to poor dental occlusion," says Richard Scher, M.D., an expert in nail disorders, "so the biter's teeth shift out ...

7. A simple technique may help with nail-biting, skin picking ...

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   This research may offer relief for people with repetitive body-focused behaviors — such as skin picking and hair pulling — that can affect their mental health.