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P01-119 - Onychophagia in Children and Adults
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2020
Abstract
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Background
There are many explanations as to why some people bite their fingernails. Anxiety, stress, genetics, boredom, acquired behavior and self-esteem have all been identified as potential causes. Nail biting can be anything from a bad habit to an outward symptom of a medical or emotional disorder. Nail biting is often a common reaction to stress. A child or even an adult uses nail biting as a coping mechanism to relieve pent-up emotions. The severity differs according the psychological cause is.
Objective
To identify the pattern of eating nails disorders in children and adults.
Patients and methods
25 males patients 6-25 years old presented with shortining, non lusturing and onychoirregularity and nail deformities. Nail scraping for yeasts and fungi was negative.
Results
The clinical data and invistigations showed the nails of those patients were eated and bitted by thier teeth.
Conclusion
Many chlidren and adults had onychophagia in thier nails. Anxiety, stress, genetics, boredom, acquired behavior and self-esteem have all been identified as potential causes.
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- Anxiety disorders
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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