Patient Story
Disease : Nail Biting/ Onychophagy ,Chronic-Rodent Ulcer
Last Updated on : 10 Aug 2012
Case Started on : 13 May 2012
An old lady visited Dr. Ravi on 13th May 2012 with complaint of white waxy lump under left eye. Dr. Ravi diagnosed it as Rodent ulcer. Rodent ulcer is a type of skin cancer. Also known as basal cell carcinoma, rodent ulcers occur in the lowermost layer of your skin.They usually develop in skin areas exposed to the sun. On asking when this lump formation started developing, she told that it is from 4 years. Initially, it was big in size but its size decreased. She also reported habit of nail biting. Dr. Ravi studied her case in totality and started her treatment process.
After 1 Month and 1 Days
She came for follow up on 13th June 2012, she reported improvement in her condition. Now, she doesn't bite her nails. She was happy with Dr. Ravi treatment and started believing in it. This nail biting habit she developed since a very long time and it was embarrassing and uncomfortable for her but now she totally got rid of this bad habit. This time she had trimmed her nails with nail cutter instead of biting it. She reported improvement in her rodent ulcer also. Dr. Ravi suggested to continue treatment for better recovery.
After 2 Months and 29 Days
She came for follow up on 10th August 2012, she reported no recurrence in her nail biting. Now, there is no desire of nail biting. She is happy and thankful to Dr. Ravi for making her to get rid of this nail biting habit. She reported improvement in her rodent ulcer. Sometimes she gets full relief in her rodent ulcer but again after some days there is some uneasiness involved. Dr. Ravi suggested her to continue treatment for complete recovery.
She continued treatment, she got relief and she stopped without any further update.
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