Open AccessCan We Call It “Stinky-finger Syndrome?”
Author(s) -
Mohammad Maqbool,
Firdous Ahmed War,
Mohit Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.217025
Subject(s) - feeling , psychology , gratification , cognitive psychology , social psychology
Many accounts refer to insertion of finger into anus mostly for gratification from stimulation of prostate gland, but index case Mr. M. continued doing this to get rid of constipation that eventually led to feelings of guilt, stinky fingers, not able to defecate normally, and dysphoric emotions. Further research is needed to find out the phenomenology of this condition.