case report: hunting meth mites by a cigarette fire: a case study

Background: meth mites is a false sense annoys methamphetamine abusers forces them to self-harm by picking the skin, scratching it. case presentation: we reported the photos showed a regular small round skin injuries on the forearms of a middle-age multi-drug abuser man. he explained about his injuries: i was hunting annoying ants by cigarette fire, however they were fire-resistant and skipped. he had isolated tactile hallucination without visual part. he explained that every time he abuses methamphetamine (shisheh in iran) the ants attack him and bite him. conclusion: drug induced formication could be a very dangerous hallucination that forces the patient to self-harm to get rid of it, especially in multidrug abusers.