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If the infection is continuous, the cause is often fungal and needs antifungal cream or paint to be treated. [9] Risk factors include repeatedly washing hands and trauma to the cuticle such as may occur from repeated nail biting [2] or hangnails. In the context of bartending, it is known as "bar rot". [10]
Misophonia (or selective sound sensitivity syndrome, sound-rage) is a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or their associated stimuli, or cues.These cues, known as "triggers", are experienced as unpleasant or distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses that are not seen in most other people. [4]
The treatment in these three cases comprised: positive reinforcement of the psychomotor constituent of oral consumption; tube feeding made dependent on oral feeding (the children were fed through a tube once the child attempted swallowing); introduction of massed learning tests over 72 hour periods. This treatment took place between 1 and 2 years.
Children younger than age three are especially at risk of choking due to lack of fully developed chewing habits, and the tendency to insert object in their mouth as they explore the environment. [17] Because a child's airway is smaller in diameter than that of an adult's, smaller objects can more often cause airway obstruction in children ...
The treatment for rat-bite fever is consistent regardless of the bacterial cause. Intravenous penicillin is traditionally the treatment for uncomplicated cases of rat-bite fever, however intravenous ceftriaxone may also be used. The dose and duration of antibiotic treatment depends on the clinical presentation and severity.
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (thought to be the same condition as balanitis xerotica obliterans) is regarded as a common (or even the main) [29] cause of pathological phimosis. [30] This is a skin condition of unknown origin that causes a whitish ring of indurated tissue (a cicatrix) to form near the tip of the prepuce. This inelastic tissue ...
Nose picking is an extremely widespread habit: some surveys indicate that it is almost universal, with people picking their nose on average about four times a day. [4] A 1995 study of nose picking, requesting information from 1,000 randomly selected adults from Wisconsin USA gathered 254 responses.
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. [1]