Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

Patients with the rare disorder Lesch-Nyhan syndrome will involuntarily yank their fingers into their mouth, bite their fingers down to the bone and bite their lips off. Their pain response is normal, and they often ask to be restrained.

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