Biting nails infected

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Avatar f tn I have a nail biting problem. My nails are chewed down past my fingertips. My ring fingernails are shortest, at about an eight of an inch long. The skin where my nails used to be is scarred and ugly. Despite the intense pain and bleeding, I can't stop biting my nails. When I can't get a grip on the nail with my teeth, I find myself picking at them with a knife, nail clippers, pencil, or whatever's on hand. I've tried nail polish.
Avatar n tn i am 21 years old and have been biting my nails practically all my life...About 3 months ago(1 month before i started college again...).i had gel nails put on for 1 month(every 2 weeks costed me R600+-).then they were growing so nice for 1 month and what do you know ? start biting them again at the moment both my index fingers are horribly chewed.i dont know what the possible cause may be? i havent been to a doctor to see whether i suffer from depression or something???
Avatar f tn I have never had nails. I cant peel an orange or pick up a quarter, biting is something I've always done. Whenever I see white it just has to go! ill bite my toes even. Whenever I had a professional job interview or college interview, my dad would always tell me "Make sure you sit on your hands!" even as hard as I would try I would always somehow subconsciously find my hand in my mouth.
Avatar f tn I have controlled somehow but still end up biting once in a while!! One possible way might be cut ur nails as much possible so that theres nothing left to bite!!
Avatar f tn So to be infected with HIV you need body fluid from an infected person to get inside your body. This is unlikely from biting nails. However slight risk from transmission from cuts and wounds is always there. Take a test at 6 months to completely rule out HIV. In all likelihood you have caught a bacterial or a viral infection. It can also be HPV or herpes. Take a complete STD panel. Also consult a doctor immediately. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage.
Avatar f tn I'm a 14 yr old girl with a great life most of the time, not much drama and i do well at school with stress only during the really big tests so i dont understand why i bite my nails and do so till they bleed. I've bitten my nails since i was little and recently I have been trying everything i can think of to stop. The one main thing I've figured out is this addiction to biting my nails overcomes my willpower.
Avatar f tn Ever since I was little I have been biting my nails. When I finally stopped doing that I began to pick at the skin around my fingers and bite the inside of my mouth. I cant seem to ever relax. When I try not to pick at my fingers I get a really anxious feeling as if Im about to jump out of my skin. Even just sitting in school or watching tv I am not able to sit still and relax. What is wrong with me? Why cant I relax?
Avatar f tn I'm a high school kid who has experienced depression and is currently experiencing anxiety. You see, I used to have long, strong, thick nails. I was quite proud of them (mainly because they were my main self harm tools). But, due to anxiety, I started biting my nails down. Now, they don't even grow past the tip of my finger. I always keep them super short. I also bite off the skin around my nails, and try to tear away my cuticles.
Avatar f tn ever since i was little ive biten my nails. in the past year ive gone from biting them when im nervous or bored to hacking at the nail and the skin around them with nail clippers and even scaples. whats wrong with me. i often cant stop until it hurts and there bleeding... what could this be caused by?
Avatar f tn I was happy I finally kicked that nasty habit of biting my nails and they started to grow but now there all breaking off
564710 tn?1217719711 Okay, so I wasn't sure where to post this so.. And I saw one past that was here and I figured this wasas good a place as any. So, I'm 14 years old and my parents yell at me any time I start biting my nails. I've been biting them all my life. But when I bring up the fact that they can buy me things on the market to help control my bad habit, they refuse and say I need to use my will power. Only problem is I'm not a very willful girl.
Avatar m tn I do bite my nails and the skin around my nails, nothing was actively bleeding but would biting around my nails and removing some skin perhaps earlier that day be an opening that could warrant transmission? Thank you very much.
Avatar f tn Not sure why biting one's nails would "damage" them. It can annoy onlookers, but all you're doing is cutting your nails with your teeth instead of a tool. How wide the pink is I'm guessing is more dependent on who you are than anything else. Health and length of nails is dependent on your diet. I bit my nails for years as well, and when I stopped, they just grow now and I have to take the time to cut them. I preferred biting them, frankly.
Avatar f tn I used to bite my nails a LOT and then started biting the skin around it and went further and further till it got to my entire FINGER and now theres a strange reddish bump thing on my thumb and fore finger...and its been there for years and it never heals! :( im really embarrased by it and i cant afford to go to a dermatologist because i live on welfare. and then theres a scar on my knee for a year now and it hasnt gone away! how can i fix these? please tell me!
Avatar f tn My 20 month old son is biting his nails and crunching his teeth even in his sleep.. I have noticed that during the weekend he sometimes stops biting his nails but starts again in the week, (he goes to daycare). I have asked his day care provider if there are any kids who bite their nails and she said none.
Avatar n tn Interestingly, when I was pregnant I stopped biting my nails. However, when I was no longer pregnant I began again. The nails come in stronger during pregnancy and I think hormones are involved in this somehow. I also find that if I cut out caffiene the biting can lessen a lot. Too bad I love coffee. I find that if I get a ragged edge on my nail, I am completely unable to combat biting and of course that just makes it worse.
Avatar f tn N I have a habit of biting nails so my fingers r scraped .. so when he sucked ma fingers lil blood in his mouth goes to those wounds will I get infection ?
Avatar m tn t have a cut in my hand but the areas near my fingure nails have scratches ( I have a habit of cutting my nails with my mouth. Most of the time, i can't stop taking my fingures out of my mouth). Now am worried, if those nail areas are infected by the fluds on the condom. I will get tested after 3 months, but what do you think guys? am worried....
Avatar m tn MY BIG TIME QUESTION SKIN WOUNDED AROUND THE NAILS ON FINGERS!!!!( BECAUSE BITING) NOT BLOODY BUT RED SKIN STILL OPEN ARE CONSIDER REAL WOUNDED TO BE INFECTED IN CASE HIV GET INTO THAT ZONE? I READ THAT THE WOUNDED GOT BE VERY VERY OPEN,,AND WITH BLOD SOME RESOURCES SAYS THAT IF IS A CUT IS A CUT AND IS A RISK SOME ONE CAN CLEAR ME?
Avatar m tn Drink plenty of water and get lots and lots of exercise. To quit biting your nails, get that kid stuff that tastes awful and put them on your fingers, plus make a concentrated effort not to do that. Instead, you can get into puzzles, like Soduku, it helps to release that pent-up energy in a similar way as chewing on your nails, it's a tiny goofing thing and much more adult.
Avatar f tn Thanks for your reply! I'm sure he's not biting - I've never seen him bite his nails (he's 8.5 yrs. old), his nails are even and have no bite/tear ridges, and his toes don't grow either, and he's not flexible enough to get to all his toes. I've asked him if he bites or picks at them and he says no. So def. no biting, they simply don't grow. It's weird.