Ekbom Sendromu Belirtileri ve Trifluoperazin Kullanımı ile Tedavisi

Year 2020, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 11 - 13, 31.03.2020

Mehmet Hamdi Örüm

https://doi.org/10.37990/medr.660304

Abstract

Madde kullanımı şizofreni ile sonuçlanabilir. Ekbom sendromu, herhangi bir kanıt olmadan parazitlerle enfekte olduğu sabit ve yanlış öznel inancı ile karakterizedir ve şizofrenide görülebilir. Bu hastalar genellikle psikiyatri dışı hekimlere başvururlar ve psikiyatrik başvuru sırasında psikiyatrik tedaviye olan inançlarını kaybetmişlerdir. Bu nedenle erken tanı ve takip eden psikiyatrik tedavi önemlidir. Antipsikotikler tedavide kullanılabilir, ancak ilaç yanıt özellikleri değişkenlik gösterir. Yaygın olarak kullanılan ilaçlarla herhangi bir yanıt alınmadığında, geleneksel antipsikotikler düşünülebilir. Bu olgu sunumunda, kısa süreli trifluoperazin tedavisi ile semptomatik iyileşme gösteren Ekbom sendromlu bir erkek hastayı sunuyoruz.

Keywords

Ekbom sendromu, delüzyonel infestasyon, trifluoperazin, yalancı halüsinasyon

Symptoms of Ekbom Syndrome and Its Treatment with Trifluoperazine

Abstract

Substance use may result in schizophrenia. Ekbom syndrome is characterized by the conviction of being infested by invisible mites or insects, despite clear evidence of the contrary and can be seen in schizophrenia. These patients usually go to non-psychiatric physicians and have lost faith in psychiatric treatment during psychiatric admission. Therefore, early diagnosis and subsequent psychiatric treatment are important. Antipsychotics can be used for treatment, but drug response characteristics vary. Conventional antipsychotics can be considered when there is no response with the commonly used drugs. In this case report, we present a male patient with Ekbom syndrome who had symptomatic improvement with short-term trifluoperazine therapy.

Keywords

Ekbom syndrome, delusional infestation, trifluoperazine, pseudo-hallucination

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