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Symptoms. Common symptoms in humans include: Nail biting; Pulling hair; Chewing fingers (in extreme cases, leading to amputation) Possible causes. This section will focus on the causes for autophagia in humans. There is no single primary cause for autophagia.
Signs and symptoms. Nail biting may lead to harmful effects to the fingers, like infections. These consequences are directly derived from the physical damage of biting or from the hands becoming an infection vector. Moreover, it can also have social consequences, such as withdrawal and avoiding handshakes.
Specialty. Psychiatry. Types. OCD. 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 ...
Signs and symptoms Compulsive picking of the knuckles (via mouth) illustrating potentially temporary disfiguration of the distal and proximal joints of the middle and little fingers. The fingers have been compulsively picked and chewed in someone with excoriation disorder and dermatophagia .
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 ...
Psychiatry, emergency medicine. Psychomotor agitation is a symptom in various disorders and health conditions. It is characterized by unintentional and purposeless motions and restlessness, often but not always accompanied by emotional distress. Typical manifestations include pacing around, wringing of the hands, uncontrolled tongue movement ...
Signs and symptoms LNS is characterized by three major hallmarks: neurologic dysfunction, cognitive and behavioral disturbances including self-mutilation, and uric acid overproduction ( hyperuricemia ).
Signs and symptoms. Tardive dyskinesia is characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements. Some examples of these types of involuntary movements include: Grimacing; Tongue movements; Lip smacking; Lip puckering; Pursing of the lips; Excessive eye blinking; Rapid, involuntary movements of the limbs, torso, and fingers may also occur.
Behavioral symptoms include aggression and depression, but these may be secondary to the emotional consequences of significant physical disabilities associated with the disorder. Coffin–Lowry patients may be affected by chewing and swallowing difficulties, for which there are diagnostic assessments.
Signs and symptoms. The index and middle fingers are most commonly affected and may present with redness, swelling and pain. Pus or discharge may be present.