Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIV
Abstract A 70‐year‐old female presented with a long history of HIV and 5 years of disturbing delusions of infestation that impaired her daily functioning. The delusions resolved with haloperidol but were followed by depressive symptoms. The case presents the complexity of managing neuropsychiatric m...
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| author | Sadiki Mandari Suluma Aslan Shani Deodatus Azan Nyundo |
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| description | Abstract A 70‐year‐old female presented with a long history of HIV and 5 years of disturbing delusions of infestation that impaired her daily functioning. The delusions resolved with haloperidol but were followed by depressive symptoms. The case presents the complexity of managing neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV/AIDS with comorbidities in old age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-61cf98491de2409e9ba6f2289c97eaa62023-03-30T10:21:24ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042023-03-01113n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.7044Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIVSadiki Mandari0Suluma Aslan1Shani Deodatus2Azan Nyundo3Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry The University of Dodoma Dodoma TanzaniaDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry The University of Dodoma Dodoma TanzaniaDepartment of Dermatology Benjamin Mkapa Hospital Dodoma TanzaniaDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry The University of Dodoma Dodoma TanzaniaAbstract A 70‐year‐old female presented with a long history of HIV and 5 years of disturbing delusions of infestation that impaired her daily functioning. The delusions resolved with haloperidol but were followed by depressive symptoms. The case presents the complexity of managing neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV/AIDS with comorbidities in old age.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7044delusional infestationEkbom syndromeelderlyHIV/AIDS |
| spellingShingle | Sadiki Mandari Suluma Aslan Shani Deodatus Azan Nyundo Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIV Clinical Case Reports delusional infestation Ekbom syndrome elderly HIV/AIDS |
| title | Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIV |
| title_full | Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIV |
| title_fullStr | Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIV |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIV |
| title_short | Delusional Infestation: A case of Ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of HIV |
| title_sort | delusional infestation a case of ekbom syndrome in an elderly woman with a long history of hiv |
| topic | delusional infestation Ekbom syndrome elderly HIV/AIDS |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7044 |
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