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Infestation with or disease caused by parasites.

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  • As part of his treatment he had fluid drawn off in a procedure known as parasitosis.
  • One woman shows off very severe and fresh scars from delusional parasitosis, digging into her skin at hallucinated bugs.
  • Secondly, the symptoms of Morgellons are indeed consistent with delusional parasitosis, even down to finding fibres in the skin.
  • Substance D, the drug in Dick's novel, is described as being quite amphetamine-like, including its negative effects and consequences for example, delusional parasitosis...
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