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Ekbom's Syndrome
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Ekbom's Syndrome
BY : Shahara Antartika Suliman
201620033
BAP 13063
Case Study
Causes
Treatments
Therapy
There are no
definite causes
to this syndrome,
but :
The patient was asymptomatic
Faced few symptoms
Lost appetite, anxious, less sleep
No history of the syndrome
Examination of mental status
Was given medication
Medication
- Anxiety
- Schizophrenia
- Depression
- Cancer
- Drug abuse
- Diabetes
- Patients
conduct
normally
(Delilah Falcon, 2012)
(Prakash, et, al, 2012)
(Human Skin Parasites, 2012)
Medications
Therapy
Symptoms
Suffer from the sensations of itching, burning, crawling
Display "matchbox sign
Continuously seek attention from medical
care
- Involves the experts such as dermatologists and psychiatrists
- Numerous visits to the experts
Use extreme ways to dispose the insects
- Usage of topical medications
- Usage of antipsychotics
- Example: Pimozide,
Aripiprazole
(Vanessa Ngan, 2005)
References
Do You Know ?
Ekbom's Syndrome is known as the psychological disorder that is characterized by one's conviction whether he or she is infested by
Also known as delusional parasitosis or delusional infestation
Bellanger, A., Crouzet, J., Boussard, M., Grenouillet, F., Sechter, D., Capellier, G., & Millon, L. (2009).
Ectoparasitosis or Ekbom syndrome?: A case report. Retrieved November 10, 2016, from
https;//www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776797
Falcon, D. (2012). Delusional Parasitosis (Ekbom's Syndrome) | SymptomFind.com.
Retrieved November 10, 2016, from http;//www.symptomfind.com/diseases-condition/
delusional-parasitosis
Human Skin Parasites. (2012). Retrieved November 10, 2016, from http;//delusion.ucdavis.edu/
causes.html
Ngan, V. (2005). DermNet New Zealand. Retrieved November 9, 2016, from
http;//www.dermnetnz.org/topics/delusions-of-parasitosis/
Prakash, J., Shashikumar, R., Bhat, P. S., Srivastava, K., Nath, S., & Rajendran, A. (2012).
Delusional parasitosis: Worms of the mind. Retrieved November 9, 2016, from
https;//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PM3678185
There are 3 types of Ekbom's Syndrome
Not to be mistaken with Wittmaack-Ekbom or Restless-Leg Syndrome
(Bellanger, et al, 2009)