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A 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: A case of Dhat syndrome

Dhat syndrome is a culture‐bound syndrome in which patients believe that they pass Dhat (semen) with their urine, feces, sweat, and saliva that causes lethargy, apathy, dysphoria, and depression. Here, we report a case of a 47‐year‐old man who presented with complaints of burning sensation in the wh...

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Autores principales: Arafat, S. M. Yasir, Mondal, Firoj, Ghimire, Sabina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35509340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.513
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description Dhat syndrome is a culture‐bound syndrome in which patients believe that they pass Dhat (semen) with their urine, feces, sweat, and saliva that causes lethargy, apathy, dysphoria, and depression. Here, we report a case of a 47‐year‐old man who presented with complaints of burning sensation in the whole body, especially in the pubic region, and insomnia for the last 5 years. This case could be enlightening for clinicians in South Asia in daily clinical practice and family physicians in Western countries where immigrants from Dhat syndrome prevailing countries could present with complex cultural myths and superstitious beliefs.
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spelling pubmed-90625372022-05-03 A 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: A case of Dhat syndrome Arafat, S. M. Yasir Mondal, Firoj Ghimire, Sabina J Gen Fam Med Case Reports Dhat syndrome is a culture‐bound syndrome in which patients believe that they pass Dhat (semen) with their urine, feces, sweat, and saliva that causes lethargy, apathy, dysphoria, and depression. Here, we report a case of a 47‐year‐old man who presented with complaints of burning sensation in the whole body, especially in the pubic region, and insomnia for the last 5 years. This case could be enlightening for clinicians in South Asia in daily clinical practice and family physicians in Western countries where immigrants from Dhat syndrome prevailing countries could present with complex cultural myths and superstitious beliefs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9062537/ /pubmed/35509340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.513 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title A 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: A case of Dhat syndrome
title_full A 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: A case of Dhat syndrome
title_fullStr A 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: A case of Dhat syndrome
title_full_unstemmed A 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: A case of Dhat syndrome
title_short A 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: A case of Dhat syndrome
title_sort 47‐year‐old man passing putrid semen through saliva and sweat: a case of dhat syndrome
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35509340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.513
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