Excoriations

... The former may initially appear as “urticarial-like”, or as “pimple-like” with or without a white center. The latter appear as linear or “picking” excoriations. Even when not self-generated, lesions often progress to open wounds that heal abnormally and usually incompletely. (e.g., heal very slowly ...

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... The former may initially appear as “urticarial-like”, or as “pimple-like” with or without a white center. The latter appear as linear or “picking” excoriations. Even when not self-generated, lesions often progress to open wounds that heal abnormally and usually incompletely. (e.g., heal very slowly ...

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... is the skin. Patients report itching, stinging, and biting sensations. Most report a ‘skin crawling’ sensation. Patients usually have severe excoriations from continued scratching. Many have large open sores. As a pediatrician, scabies would be high on my differential diagnosis list, but ...

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... (2) primary psychiatric disorders in which there is no real skin condition, but everything seen is selfinduced, e.g. trichotillomania, neurotic excoriations, factitial dermatitis, (3) cutaneous sensory disorders, in which the patient has various abnormal sensations of the skin with no primary ...

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... of people were diagnosed at first with scabies or lice----then what happened when those treatments failed?---delusional parasitosis--psycho-neuro excoriations--stress--etc. Look at the symptoms of DOP, then look at the physical symptoms listed on the morgellons site. Then go to the NPA study--(a ...

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