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What is the definition or description of: skin injury from scratching?
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Excoriation: Scratching causes marks and cuts and redness and bruising and crusting -- if continued can lead to scarring.
Answered 4/3/2013
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Impossible to say: Depth of injury will determine type od scarring, and complications sch as scarring.
Answered 1/6/2013
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Scratching: Scratching is one form of skin injury caused as a result of the aggressive force used upon outer layers of the skin. Skin injuries are associated with mechanical, thermal and environmental causes.
Answered 10/20/2015
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