Nail biting is actually an impulse control disorder, can cause multiple medical conditions, when you eat nail or skin near nail, you remove the natural barrier of protection “skin”, so viruses, bacteria, fungi etc enter there smartly and cause you many diseases. Nail biting also injures your teeth. Those persons who have habit of eating skin is known as “wolf biters” medical condition is known as dermatophagia and is a form of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder).
Treatment is apply bitter nailpolish over nail, or apply crushed garlic over them, so that when you try to eat them, you can get smell and avoid this bad habit. Watch out video below
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people dont take OCD seriously.
plz review mobile/tablet apps for docs in india. middle aged docs are not aware of it.
sure, we are introducing a digital stethoscope you can see that in our youtube channel after 1-2 hours from now.
digital stethoscope was cool .
saw ur PE video. local anesthetic sounds rather safe…btw bladder neck problem & PE are connected ? i took water boiled in gokshura and it gave strength and i read it increases blood flow. If possible review gokshura herb .
(u reviewed tulsi !)
we do not have idea about gokshura…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris
It may cause Gynaecomastia !
The active chemical in T. terrestris is likely to be protodioscin (PTN)..
Hope some modern lab test this herb and suggest appropriate dose & use.