mental disorder: delusional parasitosis

The delusion that one's body is infested by insects (fleas, lice), spiders (mites), bacteria, worms or other organisms, usually based on a physical sensation that they are crawling on, biting, or burrowing through the skin.

Also: delusory parasitosis, Ekbom syndrome, entomophobia, formication, illusions of parasitosis, Magnan's sign, matchbox sign, monosymptomatic hypchondriasis, parasitophobic neurodermatitis

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Bug Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr. 2006

Meth Mark S. King 2005

A Scanner Darkly Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Rory Cochrane 2006