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Delusional parasitosis with alcohol dependence: A case report [PDF]

, 2014
Delusional parasitosis is a syndrome with which most psychiatrists are familiar. However, most reports consist of case reports or small series. We present here a case report of delusional parasitosis of an extremely bizarre nature in a case of alcohol ...
Nahid Dave, Austin Fernandes, Anup Bharati, Avinash De Sousa
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Gamma‐Glutamyl Transferase: A Friend against Cholestatic Itch? A Retrospective Observational Data Analysis in Patients with Extrahepatic Cholestasis

International Journal of Hepatology, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Background and Aim of This Study. Itch frequently occurs in patients with chronic cholestasis. However, it remains unclear why some patients do and others do not develop pruritus. In addition, drug treatment is frequently ineffective. We repeatedly observed that cholestatic patients without itch had a relatively high serum gamma‐glutamyl transpeptidase
Floris W. Haijer, Cornelis B. Van Vliet, Marjolein G. J. Brusse-Keizer, Job A. M. Van der Palen, Marjo J. Kerbert-Dreteler, Jeroen J. Kolkman, Dirk Uhlmann   +6 more
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Somatic symptom disorder in dermatology [PDF]

, 2017
Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is defined by the prominence of somatic symptoms associated with abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to the symptoms, resulting in significant distress and impairment.
Levenson, James L., Ortega-Loayza, Alex G., Sharma, Aditi A.   +2 more
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Delusional parasitosis of face in a factory worker

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2011
Delusional parasitosis is a form of monohypochondriacal psychosis, a condition sometimes encountered in psychiatric or dermatological clinical practice. The exact etiology and outcome of this condition is not well known.
Manjeet S Bhatia, Anurag Jhanjee, Shruti Srivastava   +2 more
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Munchausen by internet: current research and future directions. [PDF]

, 2012
The Internet has revolutionized the health world, enabling self-diagnosis and online support to take place irrespective of time or location. Alongside the positive aspects for an individual's health from making use of the Internet, debate has intensified
Alinejad, NA, Andy Pulman, Asher, R, Barak, A, Berners-Lee, T, Boehm, FH, Doescher, MP, Doherty, AM, Donath, JS, Eysenbach, G, Feldman, MD, Field, MG, Gavin, H, Jacqui Taylor, Joinson, A, Lipsitt, DR, Lurid, FB, Madden, M, Meadow, R, Mealy, M, Oltmanns, FT, Pearson, SD, Pulman, A, Recupero, PR, Resnick, PJ, Savino, AC, Shea, V, Sherman, M, Turkle, S   +28 more
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Common Dermatoses in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorders [PDF]

, 2015
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic, debilitating syndrome, consisting of intrusive thoughts- which are experienced as inappropriate by the patient and are producing anxiety- and compulsions, defined as repetitive behaviours produced to reduce ...
Benea, Vasile, Georgescu, Simona Roxana, Matei, Clara, Sarbu, Maria Isabela, Tampa, Mircea   +4 more
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Cocaine bugs: A brief case report of cocaine-induced delusion of parasitosis

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Delusional parasitosis (DP), also know as Ekbom syndrome and in some cases as Morgellons, was first described in the late 17th century in France.
J. Quarenta, S. Martins, T. Teixeira, J.P. Ribeiro   +3 more
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Sensations of skin infestation linked to abnormal frontolimbic brain reactivity and differences in self-representation [PDF]

, 2015
Some patients experience skin sensations of infestation and contamination that are elusive to proximate dermatological explanation. We undertook a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the brain to demonstrate, for the first time, that central ...
A.P. Bewley, Ahmed, Berlucchi, Bewley, Bostwick, Craig, Critchley, Dilger, Ehlers, Freudenmann, Freudenmann, Frith, Garfinkel, Garfinkel, Geoffroy, Germine, H.D. Critchley, Hart, Holle, Holle, Huber, Huber, J. Ward, J.A. Eccles, Lai, Ledoux, Lloyd, Lloyd, Longo, Martin, N.A. Harrison, Ochsner, Paulus, Peled, R.E. Taylor, Riemer, Rohde, S.N. Garfinkel, Schandry, Seth, Tsakiris, Tsakiris, Wiebking   +42 more
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Crepitus with reported parasite infection

, 2023
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2023.
Michael H. Sherman, Timothy Gleeson
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Comorbidity of Parkinson’s disease and delusional parasitosis: a case report [PDF]

Düşünen Adam Psikiyatri ve Nörolojik Bilimler Dergisi, 2011
Delusional parasitosis is a rare psychiatric disorder in which a person has the false and persistent belief of being infested with parasites or small living creatures.
Feryal Cam Celikel, Emrullah Genç, Serap Erdogan, Semiha Kurt, Hatice Karaer Unaldı   +4 more
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