bad habits. We all have them. And these are some kind of behavior that we perceive as negative,

and in the moment it might feel good to partake in it, but in the long term they have some negative

physical, emotional, or even psychological consequences.

And some of these bad habits can be things like procrastination, overspending, maybe like myself

with too much of a caffeine addiction or perhaps nail biting.

That's right biting your nails.

Also known as onicophasia.

It's pretty common in fact up to 30% of the population does it

but nail biting can become chronic, it can damage your fingernails,

the surrounding skin, and put you at risk for different kinds of infections.

So if you're wondering where this podcast is going, you're absolutely right if you're thinking this is the second series and it's the small things.

Tiny little things in our body, small organs that can wreak a lot of havoc.

And this week we're going to be talking about parenicia.

Last week we talked about anico mycosis, and this week we're going to be talking about a different kind of

infection of your nails and nail bed and fingertips. I'm Dr. Nikit Son Paul, your

friendly neighborhood internist,

gastrantroologist, and join me on this episode.

It's a real nail bider. Now if you've been participating in this podcast for some time you know that I love a good pun and more importantly I love to

understand why people do the things they do. We're going to be talking about

Paronecia which one of the biggest risk factors for is nail biting but it's

kind of interesting to understand why people bite their nails.

There have been numerous theories, but the most currently accepted one is people are bored.

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