delusional parasitosis

Delusional parasitosis is seen more commonly in women, and the frequency is much higher past the age of 40.

It is common for patients who believe they have Morgellons to reject a physician's diagnosis of delusional parasitosis.

Delusional parasitosis with formication ("cocaine bugs") is also a fairly common reaction.

Delusional parasitosis, with symptoms that have "extraordinary similarities" to Morgellons, has been described in the medical literature for over 75 years.

The study, which was conducted between 2001 and 2007, concluded that the feeling of skin infestation was delusional parasitosis.

Development of refractory delusional parasitosis is possible, as a person develops an overwhelming obsession with bed bugs.

Delusional parasitosis is divided into primary, secondary functional and secondary organic groups.

Treatment of secondary forms of delusional parasitosis are addressed by treating the primary associated psychological or physical condition.

There is a danger of misdiagnosing infections of G. pulchrum as delusional parasitosis.

In delusional parasitosis, patients hold a delusional belief that they are infested with parasites.

Many dermatologists treat Morgellons as delusional parasitosis.

Because delusional parasitosis is not at all well known to non-specialists, under those circumstances the condition often goes undiagnosed, or may be incorrectly diagnosed.

These symptoms have been consistently identified by a range of medical experts including dermatologists, entomologists, and psychiatrists, as consistent with delusional parasitosis.

They advise against prescribing antibiotics, which may reinforce the patients' delusions instead of addressing what these doctors consider the core problem: delusional parasitosis.

Secondary functional delusional parasitosis occurs when the delusions are associated with a psychiatric condition such as schizophrenia or clinical depression.

The play Bug (play) and subsequent movie Bug (2006 film) are about a couple who experience delusional parasitosis together.

People who say they have Morgellons frequently reject the diagnosis of delusional parasitosis, "report that their symptoms are not taken seriously," and refuse psychotropic medicine.

RLS is a physical condition with physical causes, whereas delusional parasitosis is a false belief.

The false belief of delusional parasitosis stands in contrast to actual cases of parasitosis, such as scabies.

In primary delusional parasitosis, the delusions comprise the entire disease entity, there is no additional deterioration of basic mental functioning or idiosyncratic thought processes.

Secondary organic delusional parasitosis occurs when the state of the patient is caused by a medical illness or substance (medical or recreational) use.

Any illness or medication for which formication is a symptom or side effect can become a trigger or underlying cause of delusional parasitosis.

After a thorough medical examination to rule out known organic causes for the symptoms, delusional parasitosis patients are typically prescribed one of several typical antipsychotic drugs.

People with delusional parasitosis are likely to ask for help not from psychiatrists but from dermatologists, veterinarians, pest control specialists, or entomologists.

The peer reviewed Dermatology Online Journal has recently noted a very rare form of delusional parasitosis called delusional tinea.