Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a rare psychiatric (mental) disorder. A person with this condition strongly believes that they’re infected with a parasite. However, this isn’t the case — they ...

Delusional parasitosis causes individuals to falsely believe that they are infected with bacteria, worms, parasites, and other tiny organisms. They might think a parasite is in or on their skin ...

It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. Delusory parasitosis may lead to intense scratching, scraping, cutting, and use of caustic or toxic chemicals.

Six months later, based on consultation with a dermatologist, his primary-care provider made a diagnosis of delusions of parasitosis. Therapy was initiated with risperidone 2 mg/d. Within a week ...

People with delusory parasitosis experience this sensation constantly, with often-disastrous effects. Delusory parasitosis is the erroneous belief that the body is infested with invisible bugs ...

Delusional infestation, formerly known as delusions parasitosis or Morgellons disease, is a divisive condition. Symptoms include a sensation comparable to insects crawling under the skin ...

Almost every day, numerous insects would swarm and nip at retiree Low Meow Luan's arms and feet, causing an intolerable itch. The 75-year-old slathered all sorts of ointments and salves, but ...

Delusional parasitosis, also known as Ekbom's disease, is a rare psychiatric disorder characterised by the firm belief of having been infected by parasites, worms, insects or other living ...

Delusional parasitosis, or delusional infestation, is a rare psychiatric condition, where a person mistakenly thinks that they have a parasitic infestation. Although doctors find no medical ...

Delusory parasitosis may lead to intense scratching, scraping, cutting, and use of caustic or toxic chemicals. In my last entry, I discussed insect-based hallucinations and illusions.