The Parasite Delusion

Published: May 25, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Last week, we talked about if eating papaya seeds could rid your body of parasites (spoiler: it can\u2019t). But being concerned about having parasites is not new. We continue the conversation by looking into the phenomenon of Ekbom\u2019s syndrome, or delusional parasitosis, a difficult disorder to both manage and treat.