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  2. Autophagia - Wikipedia

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    If displaying cases of extreme autophagia, it is likely that individuals have other underlying mental disorders. [4] Hence, to live with extreme autophagia psychotherapy is encouraged to control obsessive thoughts and self harm. [9] However, in benign cases, living with autophagia should not make a material impact to one's lifestyle.

  3. Lesional demyelinations of the central nervous system

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    Further breakdown of the blood–brain barrier, in turn cause a number of other damaging effects such as swelling, activation of macrophages, and more activation of cytokines and other destructive proteins. Astrocytes can heal partially the lesion leaving a scar. These scars (sclerae) are the known plaques or lesions usually reported in MS.

  4. Raynaud syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A more recent treatment for severe Raynaud's is the use of botulinum toxin. The 2009 article [38] studied 19 patients ranging in age from 15 to 72 years with severe Raynaud's phenomenon of which 16 patients (84%) reported pain reduction at rest; 13 patients reported immediate pain relief, three more had gradual pain reduction over 1–2 months ...

  5. Autophagy - Wikipedia

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    Defects in autophagy have been linked to various human diseases, including neurodegeneration and cancer, and interest in modulating autophagy as a potential treatment for these diseases has grown rapidly. [6] [7] Four forms of autophagy have been identified: macroautophagy, microautophagy, chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), and crinophagy.

  6. Psychomotor agitation - Wikipedia

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    Typical manifestations include pacing around, wringing of the hands, uncontrolled tongue movement, pulling off clothing and putting it back on, and other similar actions. [1] In more severe cases, the motions may become harmful to the individual, and may involve things such as ripping , tearing, or chewing at the skin around one's fingernails ...

  7. The 11-Step Anal Fingering Guide You Didn’t Know Your ... - AOL

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    Enter: anal fingering, which involves using a finger (or two or five) to penetrate, thrust into, or apply pressure to the anus for the sake of pleasure. According to certified sex educator Alicia ...

  8. Autocannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Autocannibalism, also known as self-cannibalism and autosarcophagy, is the practice of eating parts of one's own body. [1] [2] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism. [3]

  9. Nail clubbing - Wikipedia

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    Gross clubbing – Thickening of the whole distal (end part of the) finger (resembling a drumstick) Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy – Shiny aspect and striation of the nail and skin Schamroth's sign or Schamroth's window test (originally demonstrated by South African cardiologist Leo Schamroth on himself) [ 16 ] is a popular test for clubbing.