He nearly died last year from sepsis. On this side of the pond, more than 1. According to the Sepsis Alliance , it impacts more than 26 million people worldwide and kills more than 5 million children annually. All of which is to say Hanoman is far from alone in his near-death experience with sepsis.
That prompted a four-day hospital trip, an IV drip and the bounce back from the verge of septic shock. But it is nightmare fuel. The stop-nail-biting how-to guide is a cottage industry. I need to go the scared-straight route, so I looked up other nail biting-based nightmares and will share them in the spirit of helping those in need.
In , year-old John Gardener bit his fingernails until they bled. Then, he died from a heart attack because of the ensuing septic infection. In , year-old Cherie Newman decided to rip off with fingers, not teeth, but it's similar enough one of her acrylic nails. Biters also suffer from higher rates of gum disease and infection, he adds.
So how do you quit the habit? For a lot of people, nail biting is a manifestation of stress or psychological disorders. If your habit is mild, Scher says there are over-the-counter products you can spread on your nails that have a bitter taste. Contact us at letters time. Nail biting does far more than ruin your fresh manicure—from bacterial infections to lip warts, these gruesome truths will inspire you to nix the habit for good. Nail biting onychophagia if you want to be fancy about it , may seem pretty harmless, ranking somewhere between picking your nose and examining your earwax on the scale of "gross things everyone does but won't admit.
But why is chewing our fingertips so compelling and even satisfying? It turns out it has nothing to do with your nails and everything to do with your feelings, says Fran Walfish, Ph. In other words, when you're in an uncomfortable situation, your body feels like it needs to do something to deal but if you can't or won't address the discomfort directly, you can temporarily soothe yourself with a distracting and calming behavior, like nail biting, she explains.
Taken too far, the nervous habit can even turn into "pathological grooming," an obsessive-compulsive behavior that you may feel like you have to do to calm down, she adds. Even though it's not on the level of doing drugs or binge eating, nail biting can be detrimental to your health—in some ways that may surprise you. From making you sick to cracked teeth, these 13 science-backed facts are scary enough to make you nix the bad habit for good.
Don't worry we have tips for overcoming your nail-biting habit, too. There's a reason cops and coroners always clean out under a victim's nails on crime shows: Fingernails are perfect catch-alls for dirt and debris. When you chew yours, you're giving all those germs a one-way ticket to your insides, says Michael Shapiro, M. Bacteria often gets stuck under the nails, and can then be transferred to the mouth, causing infections of the gums and throat.
Nail biting is the gateway drug for tooth grinding and jaw clenching, according to a study published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. But the real culprit here is anxiety: People who deal with their worries by biting their nails are more likely to also have bruxism grinding your teeth and jaw clenching, both of which can lead to long-term oral problems like TMJ syndrome, chronic headaches, and broken teeth.
Normal hangnails are painful but have you ever had one that became infected? It'll have you typing with your knuckles. When bitten-off nails are swallowed, stomach problems can develop. Something to chew on.
Nail biting causes your teeth to constantly be chewing, wearing them down faster than a non-nail biter, while putting a large amount of stress on your front teeth. This can then contribute to malocclusion of the anterior teeth. It can be costly. What can you do about it?
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