Under the skin of the British "settled black beetles".

This clinical case was reported in the journal BMJ Case Reports.. It's about the 38-year-old Mrs. T. from Scotland, which has never suffered from mental disorders. She came to see a family doctor because her daughter had recently been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the woman suspected that she herself also had this syndrome. The doctor did the necessary testing and agreed that Mrs. T. there are signs of ADHD. He prescribed her the drug Atomoxetine, which is usually prescribed to treat this ailment..

Six weeks after the start of the drug, the woman had to seek help from psychiatrists, because strange ideas had taken possession of her, and she began to behave abnormally. U mrs t. "hallucinatory contamination" has developed: the woman began to feel that she had black bugs under her skin. She keenly felt how they crawled, and even saw them creep out from under the skin onto the surface of her arms and forearms.. To get rid of the bugs, Mrs. T. scratched my skin.

At the same time it seemed to the woman that insects appear from spots on the kitchen wall.. This forced her to perforate the walls, which caused her to get into trouble with the landlord.. Mrs. T's mental state. the authors of the publication described as terrible, she was very upset and excited.

Doctors did not find under the skin of a woman any living beings, as well as signs of infection, and sent to her home environmental specialist did not detect the infection with insects. The results of drug tests were also negative, so the doctors concluded that everything that happens with Mrs. T. is a side effect of taking atomoxetine. After the patient stopped taking this drug and began to receive antipsychotics, her condition gradually began to improve.. Six months later mrs t. fully recovered.

yellmed. ru.

Keywords:.