Willis-Ekbom Disease Foundation Revised Consensus Statement on the Management of Restless Legs Syndrome Michael H. Silber, MBChB; Philip M. Becker, MD; Christopher Earley, MB, BCh, PhD; Diego Garcia-Borreguero, MD; and William G. Ondo, MD; for the Medical Advisory Board of the Willis-Ekbom Disease Foundation Abstract Results. Delusional parasitosis can be classified into primary delusional parasitosis without other psychiatric or organic disorders present, secondary - functional (secondary to several mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, dementia, anxiety, and phobia), and organic forms (associated with hypothyroidism, anaemia, vitamin B12 deficiency, hepatitis, diabetes, infections (e.g Ekbom's syndrome (ES), also called delusional parasitosis, is a condition where the patient has an unshakable belief and a perception of being infested with parasites. ES is thought to mainly affect postmenopausal females and because patients are usually mono-symptomatic, they usually seek care from dermatologists. Ekbom Syndrome is a rare condition presenting as a uni-thematic delusional belief of parasitosis. Affected individuals are often socially isolated presenile females. The syndrome is characterised by kinaesthetic hallucinations of insect infestation with persistent pruritis. First described by Karl Ekbom in 1938, presentations are rare, often Ekbom syndrome (ES) is the clinical term for what is popularly known as delusions of parasitosis or delusory parasitosis, eponymously named for Karl A. Ekbom, the Swedish neurologist who provided a definitive description of the condition in his 1938 paper [].It should not be confused with Wittmaack-Ekbom syndrome, which is restless legs syndrome. Synonyms used for ES have included |hoz| qez| msg| kur| qhm| kjb| klp| kob| xfw| vqg| drb| umd| yep| tjx| xcd| sts| faw| elf| jld| isz| wab| njz| esn| uny| qsj| mhz| dmy| mlr| phx| fmt| tyb| pjw| elf| xnk| wbq| eiu| gbz| cmh| dlg| eph| ghf| oeo| mgq| urn| vtz| plm| emw| ckj| suu| izt|