Ekbom's Syndrome: literature review

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i16.23957

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Ekbom's Syndrome; Delusional idea; Psychiatric disorder.

Abstract

Ekbom syndrome leads patients to have a persistent, delusional idea that worms and microbes infest it.  This article is a systematic literature review, in which the following platforms were used as a database for the research: PubMed, Lilacs, Cochrane Library and Scientific Electronic Library On-line (SciELO).  Case reports published in the period 2017-2021, in Portuguese and English, which addressed the medications used in the treatment of Ekbom syndrome, were used.  A bibliographic analysis was carried out by carefully reading the articles based on the aforementioned inclusion and exclusion criteria.  Of the 79 results obtained, only 11 addressed the research topic in a clear and objective manner, being used in the preparation of the article.  Thus, the main psychiatric disorders associated with the development of the syndrome include: depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety, and dementia caused by levy bodies was also reported as a possible trigger of the disease, in addition, the prevalence of Ekbom's Syndrome it is higher in women aged 50-60 years.  With this, it became noticeable that Ekbom syndrome is a disease predictive of prevalence in society, and that, due to its unknown pathophysiology, it needs further research on the subject.

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ASSUNÇÃO, I. L.; MENDES, A. K. de A. .; MENDES FILHO, K. de J. S. .; MENDES NETO , P. C. .; CARVALHO, P. S. V. de .; CALISTO, M. M. .; RESENDE , D. B. .; NORMANDO, L. V. .; LEITE, F. de Q. .; MIRANDA , L. F. N. .; SOUSA , C. C. L. de .; PAZ, J. V. C. da .; SILVA , A. L. L. A. .; CAROLINE DOS SANTOS MATOS , A. .; SOUZA , S. B. J. de .; MURTA FILHO , T. S. .; CARVALHAL , A. M. A. .; FONSECA, K. C. .; ALEXANDRE FILHO, R. M. S. .; SILVA , I. T. dos S. .; ALMEIDA, I. C. V. .; GONÇALVES, R. P. .; PEREIRA , F. C. .; SILVA, M. C. .; SOUZA , S. B. J. de .; ALVAREZ, C. R. .; COSTA, E. W. .; MENDES , J. de S. N. .; BORGES , J. O. .; MATOS, A. C. dos S. . Ekbom’s Syndrome: literature review . Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 16, p. e302101623957, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i16.23957. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23957. Acesso em: 26 dec. 2024.

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