This article describes a study that used hypnosis to temporarily re-create mirrored-self misidentification, which is the delusional belief that the person one sees in the mirror is a stranger. Following a hypnotic suggestion to see a stranger in the mirror, high hypnotizable subjects described seeing a stranger with physical characteristics different to their own. Whereas subjects' beliefs abou...

Delusions of parasitosis manifest in the patient's firm belief that he or she has pruritus due to an infestation with insects. Patients may present with clothing lint, pieces of skin, or other debris contained in plastic wrap, on adhesive tape, or in matchboxes. They typically state that these contain the parasites; however, these collections have no insects or parasites. This presentation is c...

people with whom he was speaking. Headaches and changes in concentration abilities resolved within 4 months, whereas visual symptoms still persisted after 8 months of drug abstinence, although slightly reduced in intensity. Neuro-ophthalmic evaluation, including visual acuity, visual fields, stereopsis using the Titmus test, colour perception, and pattern visually evoked response, failed to dem...

BACKGROUND Parasitic infection is the most prevalent among rural communities in warm and humid regions and where water, hygiene and sanitation facilities are inadequate. Such infection occurs in rural areas where water supplies are not enough to drink and use, and in the absence of environmental sanitation, when the rubbish and other wastes increased, and sewage and waste water are not properly...

Forty eight patients of delusional parasitosis seen during a short span of five years were studied and underlying psychosocial factors were analysed. The findings revealed that elderly, married, and illiterate persons of rural area from lower socio-economic stratum were distinctly more affected. The incidence of the disease was greater during the months of May to August. Majority of them had ab...

Anisakiasis is a human gastrointestinal parasitosis that results from accidental ingestion of infective larvae belonging to the Anisakidae family. Eleven codfish samples were analyzed and 64% did not conform to the present legislation, because they contained nematode larvae from the Anisakidae family and were therefore unfit for consumption.

BACKGROUND Currently, more than 600,000 immigrants enter the United States each year from countries where intestinal parasites are endemic. At entry persons with parasitic infections may be asymptomatic, and stool examinations are not a sensitive method of screening for parasitosis. Albendazole is a new, broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug, which was approved recently by the Food and Drug Adminis...

© 2010 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0909 Journal Compilation © 2010 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 The clinical presentation of delusional parasitosis, the fixed false belief of being infested by small creatures or inanimate particles, undergoes constant modulation by cultural phenomena as for the exact type of imaginary pathogens, but is otherwise very stable (1, 2). One of t...