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Advanced Itch Displacement Syndrome

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ADVANCED
Diagnosis
Advanced Itch Displacement Syndrome
Pruritus locationis inadmissibilis
Clinical description

Patient scratches areas of their own body that should, under no circumstances, be scratched in shared public view. Appears entirely unaware of this. Has done it at a funeral, at a promotion-announcement dinner, and during a parent-teacher conference. The hand, apparently, goes where the hand goes.

Prognosis

Permanent. Self-awareness has not arrived and is not expected.

Recommended treatment

Untreatable. Companions are encouraged to walk slightly ahead.

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Common symptoms

Patients with Advanced Itch Displacement Syndrome typically present with some or all of the following:

What is this?

Advanced Itch Displacement Syndrome was added to the Institute catalog in response to a pattern our clinicians kept seeing. The pattern did not have a real name. This is the real name now. Everything about this entry is made up, except the behavior.

The Institute has assigned this condition the Latin binomial Pruritus locationis inadmissibilis — fictional nomenclature for a non-fictional pattern.

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