ILLNESS ANXIETY DISORDER RELATED TO FILARIASIS: A CASE REPORT | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 6, Volume 45, Issue 1, April 2015, Pages 43-46 PDF (156.26 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89682 | ||
| Authors | ||
| SAGAR KARIA; NILESH SHAH; SUSHMA SONAVANE; AVINASH DE SOUSA | ||
| Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic disease which is associated with anxiety and depression and may also result in social isolation. We present here a case of illness anxiety disorder where the patient developed a morbid fear that he will develop filariasis. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Filariasis; Illness Anxiety; Hypochondriasis | ||
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