What Is Delusional Parasitosis?
More common in middle-aged and elderly women. Symptoms of private prosecution can be various, mainly pruritus, followed by ant walking, peristalsis, biting, digging, burning, etc. Some patients are afraid of being contaminated. They often wash their hands dozens of times a day, and use other physical, chemical, and mechanical methods to stimulate the skin in an attempt to remove insects and cause skin exfoliation and ulcers. When the medical staff denied that they had parasitic disease, they did not believe it and sought medical treatment.
Parasite delusion
- Delusions of parasitosis are also known as parasitophobia or acarophobia.
Parasitic delusional symptoms and signs
- More common in middle-aged and elderly women. Symptoms of private prosecution can be various, mainly pruritus, followed by ant walking, peristalsis, biting, digging, burning, etc. Some patients are afraid of being contaminated. They often wash their hands dozens of times a day, and use other physical, chemical, and mechanical methods to stimulate the skin in an attempt to remove insects and cause skin exfoliation and ulcers. When the medical staff denied that they had parasitic disease, they did not believe it and sought medical treatment.
Parasite delusion medication
- 1. Psychotherapy to persuade patients.
- 2. Oral sedatives, symptomatic treatment with topical drugs.
- 3.Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Xiegan Anshen Pill, Zhusha Anshen Pill can be taken orally.
Parasite delusion diet health care
- 1, mostly light food, pay attention to diet rules.
- 2. Eat a reasonable diet based on your doctor's recommendations.
Parasite delusion preventive care
- There is no effective preventive measure for this disease. Pay attention to the details of life. Early detection and early diagnosis are the key to the prevention and treatment of this disease.
Parasitic delusional pathological causes
- For a mental skin disease. The patients are mostly single middle-aged and elderly women, who are nervous and sensitive. But parasite delusion is different from terror.
Parasite Paranoid Disease Diagnosis
- Should be distinguished from artificial dermatitis. Patients with artificial dermatitis often conceal self-injury, and patients with this disease are outspoken.
Pathogenesis of parasitic delusions
- Patients with delusions are similar to delusional schizophrenia and firmly believe that they have a certain disease, which is a mental obstacle. However, phobia patients are afraid of suffering from a certain parasitic disease, which is an emotional obstacle. Clinical delusions and terrors can often coexist and it is difficult to distinguish between them.