The horrifying delusional parasites

For psychopathology, a delirium is a situation or belief that is lived as real , with deep conviction, despite all the evidence proving otherwise.Mental disturbance is usually caused by a disease or disorder in which restlessness, disordered ideas and hallucinations come together.One of the most terrible delusions is Delusional Parasitosis. Can you imagine what it must be to feel that your skin is full of bugs and that no matter how much you do you can't get rid of them?

The horrifying Delusional Parasitosis

It He is also known as "delusional infestation" or "Ekbom syndrome" .The person who suffers it believes that his skin is infested with bugs, parasites or insects , when It really has nothing .It is accompanied by tactile hallucinations and you can think that animals run both above or below of the epidermis.It is common for those who suffer to cause injury trying to get rid of parasites.To diagnose it requires the contest of a psychiatrist and a dermatologist .

They tend to suffer more women than men and the most likely age is from 40 years .There is a variant delusional parasitosis known as "Illusory cleptoparasitosis" .In it the patient thinks that his home is the one infested with bugs .

The horrifying delusional parasites

There are several stages of this disease according to its causes.The mildest, the primary, is usually due to a hypochondriacal psychosis of a single symptom.The secondary usually occurs in people who have some psychiatric disease such as schizophrenia or depression.In the third case, patients are people who suffer any medical illness (cancer, hypothyroidism, diabetes, tuberculosis, neurological disorders, etc.) or is due to substance use .Delusional parasitosis in this third case is usually triggered by the tingling , itching or itching that the medication or the substance may produce may have been proven. cocaine abuse or alcohol detoxification they cause delusional parasitosis in some cases.There is an effective treatment , but it is difficult for many affected to be treated since they do not believe it is a mental disorder, but something real.

There are many references to delusional parasitosis both in literature as in the cinema.Among the films that refer to this delirium are "Oldboy" (2003), which shows delusional parasitosis derived from drug use, "A look at the darkness" (2006) and " Bug »(« Insects »2006).

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