Russell's sign
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russell-s-sign-167-14827894
title:
Russell's sign
text:
Russell's sign, named after British psychiatrist Gerald Russell, is a sign defined as calluses on the knuckles or back of the hand due to repeated self-induced vomiting over long periods of time. The condition generally arises from the patient's knuckles making contact with the incisor teeth during the act of inducing the gag reflex at the back of the throat with their finger(s). This type of scarring is considered one of the physical indicators of a mental illness, and Russell's sign is primari
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_sign
date created:
2005-09-29T05:23:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T13:13:59Z
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13
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