Forty meals for a drop of blood ...
Increasing migration flow to Western countries poses formidable challenges from the epidemiological, clinical, and cultural standpoints. A case of Dhat syndrome is presented in a young Pakistani male migrant living in Italy, which required integrated medical and cultural approach to be solved after a through diagnostic workout that did not yield any result.
El Hamad
Issa
I
Department of Infectious Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
Scarcella
Carmelo
C
Pezzoli
Maria Chiara
MC
Bergamaschi
Viviana
V
Castelli
Francesco
F
D000328:Adult; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology
D000928:Antidepressive Agents