Biting Nails through the Teeth

 

    Do you know, what is the medical name of this habit? This disorder is medically known as Onychophagia. The word Onychophagia is a combination of two Greek words. Onychas mean nail and phagia mean eating.

    What exactly is the disorder onychophagia? Onychophagia is the medical name for biting nails through the teeth or mouth. It is actually a nervous habit related to stress in children and adults. This disorder involves biting the nail plate (the top part of the nail) with the nails and sometimes the soft tissue of the nail bed and the cuticle.

    Like any psychological disorder, Onychophagia can be defined as an unnecessary habit that can lead to the destruction of fingernails. Nail biting is a common behavior among children and adolescents.

    the disorder may be triggered by severe mental stress, pressure, or anxiety, but it can also develop into a presistent habit that persists even after the stress or anxiety is over. The habit of biting nails may be so familiar to sufferers of this disorder that they are biting their nails or continue to bite them until they feel pain. And the fingers do not bleed.

Are Nail clippers smart and intelligent?

    Oral nail biters are more likely to be male than female after age 10 (10% less likely to bite their nails than boys), and those with higher IQs are more likely than those with lower IQs. Nail biting. That is, according to a study, a person with intelligence or intelligence can be obese in this disorder. However, this is a study that does not provide a definitive theory.

Can Onychophagia be treated?

    To date, several measures have been taken to treat Onychophagia. However, cutting nails in this way is an unsolved problems in medicine and dentistry till date.

What are the side effects of nail Clipping? Why clipping your nails like this is bad for your health.

Here are some reasons why nail clipping is likely to have these negative effects on your health:-

*    Dental problems such as misshapen and chipped teeth.

*    Some kind of fungal infection in the nail bed.

*    Various disease germs when your fingers transfer bacteria to your mouth.

*    Oral problems, including jaw pain and soft tissue injuries or scarring.

*    Skin infections.

*    Damage to fingernails, nails and cuticle (nail root) tissue.

How can you get ride of Onychophagia?

    How to stop yourself from biting your nails. For this, adopt these tips, by adopting which you can minimize such habit. Because socially, it is considered bad to cut one's nails with one's mouth.

*    Keep your nails makes it less likely to bite and less attractive.

*    Apply bitter tasting nail polish on your nails. (Obviously this is advice for women)

*    Change the habit of biting nails to a good or harmless habit, such as whistling, humming a song or touching your face or mouth.

*    Identify your triggers that make you want to bite your nails through your mouth.

*    Gradually try to stop biting your nails by mouth.