Psychiatry · Psychiatry / Delusional disorders
Ekbom syndrome
also: Delusional parasitosis; Morgellons-type delusion
Fixed false belief of infestation by parasites.
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Subspecialty
- Psychiatry / Delusional disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, 2:1 female predominance; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Delusional parasitosis; Morgellons-type delusion
Etiology & mechanism
Somatic delusional disorder, secondary to substance use or neurologic disease in some cases.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
In plain terms, someone with Ekbom syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
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Shares genes with
None.
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