When you hear about in itchy skin problem, what do you think of – psoriasis? Perhaps eczema or dermatitis or just plain dry skin? How about an itchy skin problem that comes about because of something called a delusional bug syndrome?
Well, skin doctors get patients like this complaining of bugs under their skin all the time. They brush them off and the patient goes to another skin doctor, and on it goes. Sometimes, they even come with what they feel are samples of the insect in question. They ask for a skin biopsy so that the doctor can discover what bugs are inside their skin.
Well, the doctors can punch holes in those people's skin all over their bodies and they still wouldn't find any bugs. Samples or biopsies – they never find any evidence of any kind of a parasitic organism in there.
Well, skin doctors get patients like this complaining of bugs under their skin all the time. They brush them off and the patient goes to another skin doctor, and on it goes. Sometimes, they even come with what they feel are samples of the insect in question. They ask for a skin biopsy so that the doctor can discover what bugs are inside their skin.
Well, the doctors can punch holes in those people's skin all over their bodies and they still wouldn't find any bugs. Samples or biopsies – they never find any evidence of any kind of a parasitic organism in there.