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Nail Biting: Causes And Consequences by Sonzy Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Harmful effects of nail biting -The nonstop nail biting makes the skin near the nail plate extremely tender and painful. Excessive nail biting can lead to bleeding and swollen fingertips...
This could be caused by an injury, an infection, or some internal problem at the base of the nail. Dogs whose nails are on the long side may get them caught in carpet loops and pull or split them...
.  These pathogens can get into the nail beds and cause enough irritation to make a dog viciously chew at its nails... to bite them.  I'm not sure if he bites them when we're away.  He does get very protective of his nails...
%. If you do try one of these therapies make sure to use it every day. Roughen up the nail surface with a file...
Chemistry of Nail Biting Products by Sarah B. Patient Expert Chew-Chew says…How do nail biting and thumb sucking prevention products like Mavala work... of denatonium benzoate is distasteful but not toxic.  That’s why it’s widely employed in  nail biting...
How to stop the nail biting habit? by Andrea Grace Patient Expert whenever you wash your hands. Stop nail biting. Break your toddler or child’s habit early. Beautiful... of the more disfiguring things that can happen to a hand. We all know someone who bites their nails to the quick...
Top 10 Ways To Stop Nail Biting Fast by Sonzy Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven . Sometimes the body urges the person to bite nails to meet the calcium and magnesium requirement. The deficiency of calcium is one reason people bite their nails. 4. Keep your mouth busy: Keep your mouth distracted...
Biting my Nails by Kristen .. Patient Expert , I am biting my nails in anticipation. Please send me babydust vibes - I need all I can get! Today...
. Dogs may chew for behavioral reasons and use this as a form of stress-relief, like nail-biting... by your veterinarian to determine this. Nail bed infections and those of the skin between the pads can be troublesome...
Hot tips for nails health by Andrea Grace Patient Expert . Tips for keeping your nails strong, healthy and good looking: Don’t bite your nails. This thing leads to severe problems with your teeth and can cause nail infection. Cuticles should be moisturized...

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I had an incident yesterday with a classmate that is HIV+. He had been biting his nails and I could see that he bites them VERY badly too where they were red! He then asked to use my pen. I handed him my pen, to sign in his name. Then he returned back into my hand. Now I'm worried because of my dry...crap

how early could anxiety issues arise?
I have a 3yr old daughter who bites her nails, clinches her jaw, or cries uncontrolably.  I have done breathing excerise with her and even keept her away from Jumpy Houses fairly recently.  how could I help her? Jencrap

My nail beds are red and puffy and some of my fingers have red bite mark looking bumps.
started like bug bites, then my nail beds on two fingers got more puffy and red, I figured it was bug bites, but then they became slightly more swollen and red. I also noticed small bumps on other fingers. Its been a week with no change in the amount of redness or swelling. squeak03crap

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Mr. Anonymous claims there is not one single scientific paper proving that HIV causes AIDS... is not connected to AIDS, show me your proof that the drugs used to treat HIV actually cause AIDS. cause AIDS are dangerous. I believe that not concidering all the posibilities of what may cause AIDS...crap

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Hi doctor. I am biting my nails right now after getting my latest lab results. I had two tests within the last year with CD4 count 510 and 540 and VL at 63000 and 69000 (each 4 months apart), but this latest test got me shocked, as it seems although my VL is still at 84000, my CD4 count is down to 230! Is this possible...crap

please help me move on or not!
I appreciatte your website a great deal and need you help to hopefully move past my situation. About 3 months ago I went to a bathhouse and engaged in masterbating a stranger, I bite my nails and cuticles quite a bit. before the event I had bitten some skin that was very small pencil head sized wounds...crap

What is a break in the skin?
Do any of you know what people actually mean when they say things like "HIV can be transmitted through a break in teh skin?" I am wondering because I bite my nails and the skin around my nails. It's a bad..., leaving it pretty raw. (Anybody who bites their nails will know what I'm talking about here...crap

Concerned about cut on hand!!
on that anti-nail-biting campaign. Openings in the skin are portals for bacteria and can cause a surprisingly... nail biter (which I am trying to stop). Upon shaking hands w/ an individual, my right uncovered, thumb nail was much too short, thus I am concerned that my short nail was an entry point for HIV blood...crap

Fingering and HIV Transmission??????
I fingered a girl who I later found out had a cheating boyfriend in her past...Now I am worried I may have gotten HIV if she has it...I often bite my nails and sometimes the nail will rip some skin and cause... when the tradegy hit but I didn't because I was afraid I may have it and dont want to infect someone cause...crap

nail pricking transmission
.D., F.A.C.P. nail pricking transmission No there is no risk of contracting HIV from biting your own nails. If you scratched dried blood off the wall that wouold not increase your risk for acquisition... i ve cut ma nails with the help of tooth..bleeding occur from nails..some fresh blood drop...crap