
Suggest Treatment For Delusional Parasitosis

Delusional parasitosis or Ekbom's syndrome
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for writing to us. I have read your query and understood your concern.
Whatever I am going to tell you is probably right and professional opinion. You may feel difficult to accept but if you can accept you will be better soon.
I can understand how much discomfort you are feeling due to sensation of parasite infestation. Yes I agree that your symptoms are right but reason is not that what you are thinking.
You are probably suffering from Delusional parasitosis, or delusory parasitosis, also known as Ekbom's syndrome. It is a form of psychosis whose victims acquire a strong delusional belief that they are infested with parasites, whereas in reality no such parasites are present. It happens due to neurochemical disturbance in brain. It may be a symptom of schizophrenia but no always. It is diagnosed by a psychiatrist with detail history from patient and relative and with help of detail mental status examination.
If there are parasites in your nose, mouth, ears, and eyes there must be local symptoms.
This delusional parasitosis is difficult to treat. We psychiatrist used to get reference of such patients from our dermatologist colleagues. In this problem anti-psychotic medicine specifically first generation typical anti-psychotic like haloperidol or pimozide is more useful. Sometime SSRI like fluoxetine is also added.
From my clinical experience I would suggest to take opinion of psychiatrist first.
For your immune system problem please upload your blood report. WBC cells are more related to immunity not platelets.
Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.

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