Ekbom's Syndrome: literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Assunção, Izabely Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Mendes, Ana Karoline de Almeida, Mendes Filho, Kleber de Jesus Serrão, Mendes Neto , Pedro Cunha, Carvalho, Paula Simplicio Viana de, Calisto, Mariana Martins, Resende , Diego Barbosa, Normando, Lara Vasconcelos, Leite, Felipe de Queiroz, Miranda , Lise Feitosa Novais, Sousa , Camila Costa Lacerda de, Paz, João Victor Carvalho da, Silva , Ana Letícia Lopes Abreu, Caroline dos Santos Matos , Amanda, Souza , Suzana Bastos Jácome de, Murta Filho , Tarcízio Santos, Carvalhal , Aléxia Mourão Alves, Fonseca, Karine Carneiro, Alexandre Filho, Renato Marcelo Silva, Silva , Isabela Teixeira dos Santos, Almeida, Ilanna Cliscia Vieira, Gonçalves, Rafael Pavão, Pereira , Flávia Carneiro, Silva, Mikael Coutinho, Alvarez, Camila Ribeiro, Costa, Eloá Weba, Mendes , Júlia de Souza Novais, Borges , Juliana Oliveira, Matos, Amanda Caroline dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23957
• topic: Síndrome de Ekbom; Idea delirante; Desordem psiquiátrico.; Ekbom's Syndrome; Delusional idea; Psychiatric disorder.; Síndrome de Ekbom; Ideia delirante; Transtorno psiquiátrico.

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.