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Symptoms of Ekbom Syndrome and Its Treatment with Trifluoperazine

Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1 31 Mart 2020
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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.

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Klinik Tıp Bilimleri

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Olgu Sunumu

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mart 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

16 Aralık 2019

Kabul Tarihi

19 Mart 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1

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1.Örüm MH. Symptoms of Ekbom Syndrome and Its Treatment with Trifluoperazine. Med Records. 2020;2(1):11-13. doi:10.37990/medr.660304