However, some scientists argue that mucophagy provides benefits for the human body. Friedrich Bischinger, an Austrian doctor specializing in lungs, advocates using fingers to pick nasal mucus and then ingesting it, stating that people who do so get `a natural boost to their immune system.` The mucus contains a `cocktail of antiseptic enzymes th......
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Nose picking: Rhinotillexomania, one of the more obscure and exotic terms in medicine. 'Rhinotillexomania' has drawn attention because of the habit to which it refers. It is 'a recent term coined to describe compulsive nose picking' according to Chittaranjan Andrade and BS Srihari who studied nose-picking behavior in a sample of 200 adolescents and...
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