Dermatophagia

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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greece ????? - skin - and ?????? - eating) is a gnawing, biting coercion or eat their own skin, most often on the fingers. People with dermatophagia usually bite the skin around the nail, which causes bleeding and discoloration over time. Some people also bite their skin on their fingers which can cause pain and bleeding just by moving their fingers. Some people eat meat during an episode. Contemporary research shows the relationship between impulse control disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and this can be addressed in DSM-5 , published in May 2013. More information about OCD, other anxiety disorders, and dermatophagia and control disorders Other impulses can be found at DSM-IV TR .

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Behavior

People with dermatophagia chew their skin from coercion, and can do it in various places on their bodies. Those suffering from dermatophagia usually chew the skin around their nails and joints. They also chew the inside of their mouth, cheeks, and/or their lips, causing blisters inside and outside the mouth. If the behavior is left uncontrollable for long periods of time, callus can begin to develop where most of the bites are done.

Chewing the skin can be supported by the time of fear and other unpleasant events. Blisters can primarily cause a feeling of wanting to attract or bite the affected skin and nails (because the skin is dead, so easily released), which can damage, cause infection. Another disorder, known as dermatillomania, the act of lifting a person's skin, can sometimes accompany dermatophagia. People who have dermatophagia can also be susceptible to infections such as when they bite their fingers so often, they make themselves susceptible to bacteria seeping in and causing infection. Dermatophagia can be regarded as a "sister" disorder for trichophagia, which involves biting and feeding a compulsive person's hair.

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Management

There is no known way to correct this trend. Small things can be done to delay a little encouragement, such as chewing gum, and chewing on a light drink straw.

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See also

• Dermatillomania
• Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
• Behavior that focuses on the body

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Note

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External links

• The TLC Foundation for a Body-Focused Recurrent Behavior

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